68th Illinois Infantry Regiment
# 68th Illinois Infantry Regiment

The 68th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

## Service

The 68th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on June 16, 1862, for a term of three months. It served garrisons in the Alexandria, Virginia, area.

The regiment was mustered out on September 27, 1862.

## Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 25 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 25 fatalities.

## Commanders

* Colonel Elias Stewart - mustered out with the regiment.

## Notable members

* Pvt Paul Vandervoort, Company G - 11th Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1882-1883
