135th Illinois Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | June 6–September 28, 1864 |
Disbanded | September 28, 1864 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
Size | Regiment |
Engagements | American Civil War |
Commanders | |
Colonel | John S. Wolfe [1] |
The 135th Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Illinois that served in the Union Army between June 6 and September 28, 1864, during the American Civil War.
The regiment was organized at Mattoon, Illinois, with a strength of 852 men, [2] and mustered in for one-hundred-day service on June 6, 1864. [3] [4] On June 10, the regiment departed for Benton Barracks, Missouri, where they reported to General William Rosecrans. [2] [4]
From there five companies of the regiment were stationed on the Iron Mountain railroad. [2] [4] Three companies of the regiment were stationed at the Gasconade railroad crossing and a further two companies stationed at the Osage railroad crossing of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and at Jefferson City, Missouri. [2] [4] The regiment was mustered out on September 28, 1864. [2] [4] During its service the regiment lost one man at Gasconade crossing and sixteen men to disease. [5] [note 1]