The 101st Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 101st Illinois Infantry was organized at Jacksonville, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on September 2, 1862. The regiment was mustered out on June 7, 1865, and discharged at Springfield, Illinois, on June 21, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 3 officers and 47 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 118 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 169 fatalities.
Commanders
Colonel Charles H. Fox – Resigned May 1, 1864. Lieutenant Colonel John B. Lesage – Mustered out with the regiment.
Notable regiment members
Major Napoleon Bonaparte Brown
See also
List of Illinois Civil War Units
Illinois in the American Civil War
References
Bibliography
Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Sagamore Press, Inc. Thomas Yoseloff.