• Source: 131st Illinois Infantry Regiment

    • The 131st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.


    Service


    The 131st Illinois Infantry was organized at Old Fort Massac, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on November 13, 1862, for a three-year enlistment.
    The regiment was consolidated with the 29th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment on November 15, 1863.


    Total strength and casualties


    1 enlisted man killed, 11 officers and 282 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 294 fatalities.


    Commanders


    Colonel George W. Neely.


    See also


    List of Illinois Civil War Units
    Illinois in the American Civil War


    Notes




    References


    The Civil War Archive


    Further reading


    Illinois. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois. Springfield, Ill: Phillips Bros, 1900. OCLC 69691325
    Lester, Robert, and Gary Hoag. Civil War Unit Histories [Part 4], The Union, Midwest and West. Bethesda, Md: University Publications of America, 1994. OCLC 31265675

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