title: 85th Illinois Infantry Regiment
text: # 85th Illinois Infantry Regiment
  
  The 85th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
  
  ## Service
  
  The 85th Illinois Infantry was organized at Peoria, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 27, 1862.
  
  The regiment was mustered out on June 5, 1865.
  
  ## Total strength and casualties
  
  The regiment suffered 4 officers and 86 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officers and 131 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 222 fatalities.
  
  ## Commanders
  
  * Colonel Robert S. Moore - Resigned due to disability June 14, 1863.
  * Colonel Caleb James Dilworth - Mustered out with the regiment.
  