title: 68th Illinois Infantry Regiment
text: # 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
  