66th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 66th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 66th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= November 23, 1861 to July 7, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Iuka
Battle of Corinth
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Siege of Atlanta
March to the Sea
Battle of Nashville
The 66th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, originally known as "Birge's Western Sharpshooters" was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
"Birge's Western Sharpshooters"was organized at St. Louis, Missouri and mustered into Federal service on November 23, 1861 and redesignated as the 14th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment and then transferred to Illinois service as 66th Illinois Infantry on November 20, 1862.
The regiment was discharged from service on July 7, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 6 officers and 73 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 146 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 227 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#66th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
Commanders
*Colonel Patrick E. Burke - killed in action at the Battle of Resaca on May 19, 1864.
*Lieutenant Colonel Andrew K. Campbell - Mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/066-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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