81st Illinois Infantry Regiment

81st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois flag
Active	August 21, 1862, to August 5, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Equipment	Battle of Port Gibson Battle of Raymond Battle of Jackson Battle of Champion's Hill Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Lovejoy's Station

The 81st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 81st Illinois Infantry was organized at Anna, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 21, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on August 5, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 8 officers and 66 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 292 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 369 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

• Colonel James J. Dollins - Killed in action at the Siege of Vicksburg, May 22, 1863.
• Colonel Franklin Campbell - Resigned August 20, 1864.
• Lieutenant Colonel Andrew W. Rogers - Mustered out with the regiment.^[2]

See also

• List of Illinois Civil War Units
• Illinois in the American Civil War

Notes

1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf7.htm#81st The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
2. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/081-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References

• The Civil War Archive