title: 58th Illinois Infantry Regiment
text: # 58th Illinois Infantry Regiment
  
  The 58th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
  
  ## Service
  
  The 58th Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on December 26, 1861.
  
  The regiment was mustered out on April 15, 1866.
  
  ## Total strength and casualties
  
  The regiment suffered 8 officers and 75 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 211 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 298 fatalities.
  
  ## Commanders
  
  * Colonel William Francis Lynch - mustered out with the regiment.
  