14th Illinois Infantry Regiment

14th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry (3 Year)
14th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry (3 Year)
	Illinois flag
Active	May 25, 1861 – September 18, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	United States Army ; Union Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Shiloh ; Battle of Hatchie's Bridge ; Siege of Vicksburg ; ; Battle of Bentonville
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Col. John M. Palmer

Last updated November 01, 2024

The 14th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was one of the ten infantry regiments authorized on May 2, 1861, by the Illinois Ten Regiment Act.^[1]

Service

The 14th Illinois Infantry was mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on May 25, 1861, at Jacksonville, Illinois.

The regiment on July 1, 1864, was consolidated with 15th Illinois Infantry, also much-depleted, to form the 14th and 15th Illinois Veteran Battalion, a six-company formation. With the arrival of new recruits in spring 1865, the 14th Illinois Infantry was reconstituted as a regiment on April 28, 1865.

The regiment was mustered out on September 18, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 62 enlisted soldiers killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 160 enlisted who died of disease, for a total of 223 fatalities.^[2]

Commanders

Colonel John M. Palmer - promoted to brigadier general.
Colonel Cyrus Hall
Lt.Colonel William Cam(m)

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Notes

↑ "The Ten Regiment Act," Illinois Daily State Journal, Springfield, Illinois, May 3, 1861, p.3.
↑ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf1.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
↑ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/014-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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[1] "The Ten Regiment Act," Illinois Daily State Journal, Springfield, Illinois, May 3, 1861, p.3.

[2] ttp://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf1.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

[3] ttp://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/014-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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