63rd Illinois Infantry Regiment
# 63rd Illinois Infantry Regiment

The 63rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

## Service

63rd Regiment Illinois was organized at Anna, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on April 10, 1862.

The regiment was discharged from service on July 13, 1865.

## Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 2 officers and 66 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 137 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 206 fatalities.

## Commanders

* Colonel Francis Moro - resigned commission September 29, 1862.
* Colonel Joseph B. McCowan - Mustered out with the regiment.
