title: 10th Illinois Infantry Regiment
text: # 10th Illinois Infantry Regiment
  
  The 10th Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army between April 20, 1861, and July 11, 1865, during the American Civil War.
  
  ## Service
  
  ### Initial 3 month service
  
  The infantry regiment was organized at Springfield, Illinois, from the first companies reporting on April 20, 1861. They were ordered to Cairo, Illinois, on April 22 where it became fully organized by an additional three companies, three artillery companies and mustered in for a three-month service by Captain John Pope, United States Army, on April 29, 1861. They were attached to Prentiss' Brigade and placed on garrison duty at Cairo, Illinois until being mustered out on July 29, 1861.
  
  ### 3 year service
  
  The regiment saw service at the Battle of Island Number Ten, the Battle of Resaca, the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, the March to the Sea and the Carolinas Campaign. The regiment was mustered out on July 4, 1865, and discharged at Chicago, Illinois, on July 11, 1865.
  
  ## Total strength and casualties
  
  The regiment suffered 2 officers and 48 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 136 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 186 fatalities.
  
  ## Commanders
  
  * Colonel James D. Morgan - promoted to brigadier general on July 17, 1862
  * Colonel John Tillson - discharged with the regiment
  