60th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 60th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 60th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= February 17, 1862 to July 31, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Siege of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro
March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville
The 60th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 60th Illinois Infantry was originally organized at Anna, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on February 17, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on July 31, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 2 officers and 44 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 225 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 275 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#60th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1960.]
Commanders
*Colonel Silas C. Toler - died on March 2, 1863.
*Colonel William B. Anderson - resigned on December 26, 1864.
*Lieutenant Colonel George W. Evans - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/060-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls ]
ee also
*List of Illinois Civil War Units
*Illinois in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]
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