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72nd Illinois Infantry Regiment
The 72nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, known as the "First Chicago Board of Trade Regiment" was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
72nd Regiment Illinois was organized at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 23, 1862. The regiment was discharged from service on August 7, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 7 officers and 79 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 145 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 234 fatalities.
Commanders
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