128th Illinois Infantry Regiment

128th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Flag of Illinois.svg 200 November 23, 1862, to April 1, 1863 United States Union Infantry Illinois U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 127th Illinois Infantry Regiment 129th Illinois Infantry Regiment The 128th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 128th Illinois was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois, and mustered into Union service on November 4, 1862."A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer The regiment was assigned to District of Columbus, XVI Corps, Department of the Tennessee from November 1862 to April 1863. Losses The regiment suffered 1 officer and 34 men killed by disease and 700 men by desertion.Civil War Archives, Union Regimental Histories Disbanded Following the Emancipation Proclamation, the regiment suffered 700 desertions. The regiment was disbanded on April 1, 1863, by order the War Department. Citing "an utter want of discipline" in the regiment, Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas dismissed the regiment's commanding officer Colonel Robert M. Hundley, 29 other officers, and the regimental chaplain, from Union service on April 4.Adjutant General's Report, Special Order, April 1, 1863, Cario, Ill. The few remaining men of the 128th Illinois were consolidated into a detachment under command of First Lieutenants W. A. Lemma, William M. Cooper, and Assistant Surgeon George W. French and reassigned to 9th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Years). See also List of Illinois Civil War Units References External links 128th Illinois Infantry Regiment - Illinois Civil War Project 128th Regiment Infantry - History, Illinois Infantry Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database - Illinois State Archives 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 1863