94th Illinois Infantry Regiment explained

The 94th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the "McLean Regiment," was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 94th Illinois Infantry was organized in McLean County, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 20, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on July 17, 1865, at Galveston, Texas..

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 9 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 162 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 175 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

• Colonel William W. Orme - Promoted to brigadier general on April 4, 1863.
• Colonel John McNulta - Mustered out with the regiment.^[2]

See also

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

References

Sources

• Book: Dyer, Frederick Henry . Frederick H. Dyer . A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion . Dyer Pub. Co. . . 1908 . 8697590 . 09005239 . B01BUFJ76Q . en . PDF . 1086 . 2027/mdp.39015026937642?urlappend=%3Bseq=1101 . registration . October 20, 2024.
• Book: Federal Publishing Company . Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan . Federal Publishing Company . The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. . III . 1908 . . July 11, 2024 . 1086145633 . PDF . 314.
• Book: Illinois Adjutant General . Illinois Civil War Regiment and Unit Histories . 2024 . The Official Website for the Illinois Secretary of State . Springfield, IL . 279–281 . October 20, 2024.
• Web site: 2016 . 91st Illinois Infantry Regiment . December 17, 2020 . The Civil War Archive . .
• Web site: Battle Unit Details, 91st Regiment, Illinois Infantry . nps.gov . January 19, 2007 . . May 13, 2024 . .

External links

• 94th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment Collection - McLean County Museum of History archives
• Letters reveal rigors of Civil War soldiering - Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois, newspaper)

Notes and References

1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf8.htm#94th 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/094-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls