96th Illinois Infantry Regiment

The original officers were Colonel Thomas E. Champion of Warren, Illinois, and Lieutenant Colonel Issac L. Clarke of Waukegan, Illinois.

The regiment suffered 5 officers and 111 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 124 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 241 fatalities.

[2] The Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda, Illinois, maintains many records associated with the regiment at their Lake County History Archives.

Their records collection focuses on Company B, and includes letters and photographs from the Young and Minto families.

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