101st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 101st Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service
The 101st Illinois Infantry was organized at Jacksonville, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 2, 1862. The regiment was mustered out on June 7, 1865 and discharged at Springfield, Illinois on June 21, 1865.

Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 3 officers and 47 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 118 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 169 fatalities.

Commanders

 * Colonel Charles H. Fox – Resigned May 1, 1864.
 * Lieutenant Colonel John B. Lesage – Mustered out with the regiment.

Notable regiment members

 * Major Napoleon Bonaparte Brown