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The 76th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
76th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry | |
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Active | August 22, 1862, to August 4, 1865 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
Engagements | Siege of Vicksburg |
76th Regiment Illinois was organized at Kankakee, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 22, 1862.
The regiment was discharged from service on August 4, 1865.
The regiment suffered 1 officer and 51 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 205 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 259 fatalities.[1]
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