130th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Union Army infantry regiment in the American Civil War 130th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Flag of Illinois.svg 100 Illinois state flag October 25, 1862, to August 15, 1865 United States Union Infantry Battle of Champion Hill Battle of Big Black River Bridge Siege of Vicksburg Battle of MansfieldIllinois U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 129th Illinois Infantry Regiment 131st Illinois Infantry Regiment The 130th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 130th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on October 25, 1862, for a three-year enlistment. The regiment was mustered out of service on August 15, 1865. Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered 2 officers and 18 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 153 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 177 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif10.htm#130th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. Members Colonel Nathaniel Niles - resigned on May 6, 1864 Major Jacob W. Wilkin, future Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois Lieutenant Colonel John B. Reid - mustered out with the regimenthttp://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/130-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls See also List of Illinois Civil War Units Illinois in the American Civil War Notes References The Civil War Archive Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Illinois Category:1862 establishments in Illinois Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865