99th Illinois Infantry Regiment

The 99th Illinois Infantry was organized at Florence, Illinois{{sfnp|Illinois Adjutant General|2024|pp=313}} and mustered into Federal service on August 23, 1862.{{sfnmp|1a1=Dyer|1y=1908|1p=1089|2a1=Federal Publishing Company|2y=1908|2pp=319-320}}

The regiment was mustered out on July 31, 1865, and discharged at Springfield, Illinois,{{sfnp|Illinois Adjutant General|2024|pp=315}} on August 9, 1865.{{sfnmp|1a1=Dyer|1y=1908|1p=1089|2a1=Federal Publishing Company|2y=1908|2pp=319-320}}

The regiment suffered 4 officers and 47 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds 1 officer and 120 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 172 fatalities.{{sfnmp|1a1=Dyer|1y=1908|1p=1089|2a1=Federal Publishing Company|2y=1908|2pp=319-320}}

• Colonel George W.K. Bailey - Mustered out December 16, 1864.{{sfnp|Illinois in the Cvil War, 99th Illinois Infantry Field & Staff|2001}}

• List of Illinois Civil War Units
• Illinois in the American Civil War
• Thomas J. Higgins, a soldier in the 99th Illinois who won the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Vicksburg.

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• {{cite book |last=Dyer |first=Frederick Henry |author-link=Frederick H. Dyer |title=A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion |publisher=Dyer Pub. Co. |location=Des Moines, IA |date=1908 |oclc=8697590 |lccn=09005239 |asin=B01BUFJ76Q |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015026937642?urlappend=%3Bseq=1101%3Bownerid=13510798899657173-1121 |language=en |format=PDF |pages=1089 |hdl=2027/mdp.39015026937642?urlappend=%3Bseq=1101 |url-access=registration |access-date=October 20, 2024}}{{PD-notice}}
• {{cite book |author=Federal Publishing Company |title=Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan |publisher=Federal Publishing Company |series=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. |volume=III |date=1908 |location=Madison, WI |url=https://archive.org/details/unionarmyhistory03madi/page/319/mode/1up |access-date=July 11, 2024 |oclc=1086145633 |format=PDF |pages=319–320}}{{PD-notice}}
• {{cite book |author=Illinois Adjutant General |title=Illinois Civil War Regiment and Unit Histories |date=2024 |publisher=The Official Website for the Illinois Secretary of State |location=Springfield, IL |url=https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/databases/datcivil.html |pages=313–315| access-date=October 20, 2024}}{{PD-notice}}
• {{Cite web |date=2016 |title=99th Illinois Infantry Regiment |url=http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf7.htm#99th |access-date=December 17, 2020 |website=The Civil War Archive |ref={{sfnref|CWA, 99th Illinois Infantry Regiment|2016}} }}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/099-fs.htm |title=99th Illinois Infantry Field & Staff |work=Illinois in the Cvil War |publisher=Illinois Adjutant General |date=2001-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030331114608/http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/099-fs.htm |archive-date=2003-03-31 |access-date=2024-10-20 |ref={{sfnref|Illinois in the Cvil War, 99th Illinois Infantry Field & Staff|2001}} }}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UIL0099RI |title=Battle Unit Details, 99th Regiment, Illinois Infantry |website=nps.gov |date=January 19, 2007 |publisher=U.S. National Park Service |access-date=May 13, 2024 |ref={{sfnref|NPS 99th Regiment, Illinois Infantry|2007}} }}{{PD-notice}}

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Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Illinois

Category:1862 establishments in Illinois

Category:Military units and formations established in 1862

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