141st Regiment, Illinois Infantry (100 days, 1864)

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141st Regiment, Illinois Infantry (100 days, 1864)

Brief History

Organized at Elgin, Illinois, and mustered in for 100 days June 16, 1864.
Mustered out October 10, 1864.

For more information on the history of this unit, see:

• The Civil War Archive section,  141st Regiment Infantry, (accessed 15 June 2012).

Companies in this Regiment with County of Origin

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

The following counties of origin are taken from the Adjutant General's Report, found on the Illinois Civil War Rosters web site. Roster pages are from the same report found on the Internet Archives web site. The rosters show the men who served in each regiment, their residences, dates of enlistment and mustering out, and other remarks.

• Company A - many men from Kane County - Kane County web site - Roster, vol. 7, page 159.
• Company B - many men from Kane County - Kane County web site - Roster, vol. 7, page 160.
• Company C - many men from Kane County - Kane County web site - Roster, vol. 7, page 162.
• Company D - many men from Kane County - Kane County web site - Roster, vol. 7, page 163.
• Company E - many men from Winnebago County - Winnebago County web site - Roster, vol. 7, page 164.
• Company F - many men from Kendall and McHenry counties - Kendall and McHenry county web sites -  Roster, vol. 7, page 166.
• Company G - many men from Kane County - Kane County web site - Roster, vol. 7, page 167.
• Company H - many men from DuPage County - DuPage County web site - Roster, vol. 7, page 169.
• Company I - many men from Kane County - Kane County web site - Roster, vol. 7, page 170.
• Company K - many men from Kane County - Kane County web site - Roster, vol. 7, page 171.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1,028 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

Other Sources

WEBSITES

• Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Illinois in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).

• National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.

• Illinois in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Illinois, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.

• United States Civil War, 1861-1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.

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