Английская Википедия:12th Illinois Infantry Regiment
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The 12th Illinois Infantry Regiment, also known as the 1st Scotch Regiment, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army between May 2, 1861 and July 18, 1865, during the American Civil War.
Service
Initial 3 month service
The infantry regiment was organized at Springfield, Illinois and mustered in on May 2, 1861 for a three-month service. The regiment was transferred to Cairo, Illinois, for garrison duty until August 1861. By the time the regiment was mustered out on August 1, 1861, they had lost four to disease.[1]
3 year service
The 12th Illinois Infantry was mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on August 1, 1861, at Cairo, Illinois.
The regiment was mustered out on July 18, 1865, at Camp Butler National Cemetery Camp Butler, Illinois.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 5 officers and 143 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 109 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 260 fatalities.[2]
Commanders
- Colonel John McArthur – promoted to brigadier general on May 1, 1862.
- Colonel Augustus L. Chetlain – promoted to brigadier general on December 19, 1863.
- Lieutenant Colonel Henry Van Sellars – mustered out with the regiment.[3]
See also
- List of Illinois Civil War units
- Illinois in the American Civil War
- 65th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, "The Second Scotch Regiment"
References
Bibliography
- Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. New York and London. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher. Шаблон:LCCN.
External links
- ↑ Dyer (1959), Volume 3 p. 1,049.
- ↑ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf1.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
- ↑ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/012-fs.htm Illinois in the Ci65th Illinoia Volunteer Infantry: "The Second Scotch Regiment"vil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
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