. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . .9 per cent, of the Ninety-third. No Federal regiment lost as much as 20 per cent,killed and only SOO out of the 3,559 organizations as much as ten jjer cent. The Thirty-sixth Illinois lost 204men out of a total enrollment of 1,376. These figures refer to deaths alone, excluding wounded and the battle of Stones Ri^•er, Tennessee, the regiment lost forty-six killed, 151 wounded, and fifteen missing,a total of 212. This was its heaviest blow in any one battle. It fought at Pea Ridge, an early engagement inthe West, at Chap
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . .9 per cent, of the Ninety-third. No Federal regiment lost as much as 20 per cent,killed and only SOO out of the 3,559 organizations as much as ten jjer cent. The Thirty-sixth Illinois lost 204men out of a total enrollment of 1,376. These figures refer to deaths alone, excluding wounded and the battle of Stones Ri^•er, Tennessee, the regiment lost forty-six killed, 151 wounded, and fifteen missing,a total of 212. This was its heaviest blow in any one battle. It fought at Pea Ridge, an early engagement inthe West, at Chaplin Hills, at the bloody battle of Chickamauga, and on the corpse-strewni slopes of INIission-ary Ridge. It fought under Sherman from Resaca to Atlanta, and when that general marched away on hisexpedition to the coast, the Thirty-sixth turned back to sufTer its fourth largest loss in killed at the battle ofFranklin, and to help Thomas crush Hood at the battle of Nashville. Such were the Western fighting regiments. A REGIMENT THAT LOST IN KILLED ALONE. ILLINOIS INFANTRYIN THE WEST OFFICERS OF THE 36TH ILLINOIS
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