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98th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois flag
ActiveSeptember 3, 1862 to July 29, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EquipmentSpencer Carbines Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Resaca
Siege of Atlanta
Battle of Champion's Hill
Battle of Big Black River
Siege of Vicksburg
Siege of Fort Blakely

The 98th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry , later the 98th Regiment Illinois Mounted Infantrywas an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 98th Illinois Infantry was organized at Centralia, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 3, 1862.

The regiment was converted to mounted infantry on March 8, 1863.

The regiment was mustered out on June 27, 1865 and discharged at Springfield, Illinois on July 7, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 30 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds 5 officers and 136 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 171 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

  • Colonel John J. Funkhouser - Discharged due to wounds July 5, 1864.[2]


See also

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf8.htm#98th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
  2. ^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/098-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References