United States Regiments & Batteries
Illinois provided 256,868 men in 17 regiments, 3 battalions and 17 independent companes of cavalry, 35 light artillery batteries, and 156 regiments and 11 independent companies of infantry to the Union army during the war. Most of these fought in the Western Theater, but a small number found their way to the east. *
Infantry
23rd Illinois • 39th Illinois • 65th Illinois • 82nd Illinois • Sturgis Rifles
Cavalry
8th Illinois Cavalry • 12th Illinois Cavalry• McClellan Dragoons
Schambeck’s Cavalry Company • Barker’s (Illinois) Dragoons
Artillery
1st Illinois Artillery, Battery L • 2nd Illinois Artillery, Battery M