137th Illinois Infantry Regiment

137th Illinois Infantry Regiment
Active June 5–September 4, 1864
Disbanded September 4, 1864
Country  United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Size Regiment
Engagements

American Civil War

Commanders
Colonel John Wood[1]

The 137th Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Illinois that served in the Union Army between June 5 and September 4, 1864, during the American Civil War.

Service

The regiment was organized at Camp Wood, Quincy, Illinois, by Colonel John Wood, and mustered in for one-hundred day service on June 5.[2][3] On June 9, the regiment was ordered to Memphis, Tennessee and on July 9, assigned to picket duty on the Hernando road, until September.[2][3] On August 21, the regiment was involved in the Second Battle of Memphis repelling General Nathan Bedford Forrest's attack.[3] The regiment was mustered out on September 4, 1864, at Springfield, Illinois.[3] During its service the regiment had a total of thirty-four fatalities.[4][note 1]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ According to Frederick H. Dyers' (1959) A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Compendium set, the regiment had a total of fifty fatalities.

References

  1. ↑ Reece (1900), Volume 7 p. 90.
  2. 1 2 Reece (1900), Volume 7 p. 107.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Dyer (1959), Volume 3 p. 1,101.
  4. ↑ Reece (1900), Volume 7 pp. 90–107.

Bibliography

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