From the McHenry County Civil War Round Table (Illinois) discussion group for February 26, 2022.
I went through Sherman's Union Order of Battle for his march through the Carolinas and counted the number of Illinois units. I came up with 41. That is a huge number of regiments and one battalion. Now, granted, that late in the war, none or very few of these had the predetermined 1,000 soldiers considered a regiment at full strength. But, even so, that was a lot of troops.
Here are the Illinois regiments:
7, 10, 12, 16, 20, 26, 30, 31, 32, 34, 40, 45, 48, 50, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 60, 63, 64, 65, 78, 82, 85, 86, 90, 93, 101, 102, 104, 105, 111, 112, 116, 125, 127, 129
Also, there was a 14/15 Battalion.
That's sure a lot of Illinois boys.
Army of the Illinois since Union Armies named after rivers.
--Old Secesh
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