81st Illinois Infantry Regiment
# 81st Illinois Infantry Regiment

The 81st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

## Service

The 81st Illinois Infantry was organized at Anna, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 21, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on August 5, 1865.

## Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 8 officers and 66 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 292 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 369 fatalities.

## Commanders

* Colonel James J. Dollins - Killed in action at the Siege of Vicksburg, May 22, 1863.
* Colonel Franklin Campbell - Resigned August 20, 1864.
* Lieutenant Colonel Andrew W. Rogers - Mustered out with the regiment.
