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This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of a battle or other military wartime actions, as well as wartime/war-related deaths of civilians which are often results of war-induced epidemics, famines, genocide, etc. Due to incomplete records, the ...
The Black Civil War Soldiers of Illinois: The Story of the Twenty-Ninth US Colored Infantry (Univ of South Carolina Press, 2021). Pierce, Bessie Louise. A History of Chicago: Volume II: From Town to City 1848–1871 (1937) Swan, James B. Chicago's Irish Legion: The 90th Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War (Southern Illinois University Press, 2009)
Dickey was authorized by the State of Illinois to raise a company of cavalry in August 1861. This company became the nucleus of the 4th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, the recruitment of which resulted in a dispute between Colonel Dickey and Illinois Governor Richard Yates over the commissions to be granted to the officers of the regiment, a valuable tool of political patronage.
The regiment, as part right flank of the army, was overrun in a surprise attack at dawn on December 31st, with the 2nd division overall suffering over 50% casualties. [2] Colonel Sheridan P. Read, the regimental commander of the 79th Illinois, as well as Brig. Gen. Edward N. Kirk, the commander of the 2nd Brigade, were both killed during the ...
The 31st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the "Dirty-First," was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service [ edit ]
The 9th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Chicago, Illinois, on November 30, 1861.. The regiment was mustered out on October 31, 1865, at Selma, Alabama.. Future governor of Minnesota Samuel Rinnah Van Sant served in the regiment, as did future Nebraska governor Albinus Nance and future Wisconsin legislator Stewart J. Bailey.
The 156th Illinois Infantry was mustered into Federal service on February 16, 1865. The regiment was mustered out on September 20, 1865. Total strength and casualties
King Neptune (May 16, 1942 – May 14, 1950) was a pig used by a United States Navy recruiter to raise $19 million (equivalent to $321,560,074 in 2023) in war bonds for the construction of the Iowa-class battleship Illinois between 1942 and 1946.