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88th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

88th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry "2nd Board of Trade Regiment"
Flag of Illinois.svg
Illinois state flag
Active September 4, 1862, to June 22, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Equipment Battle of Perryville
Battle of Stone River
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Franklin
Battle of Nashville

The 88th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the Second Chicago Board of Trade Regiment, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 88th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Douglas, in Chicago, and mustered into Federal service on September 4, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on June 9, 1865, and discharged at Chicago, Illinois, on June 22, 1865.

The regiment suffered 5 officers and 98 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 84 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 191 fatalities.



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