.
HISTORY

OF THE

77th

ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY


The original regimental history written by
William H. Bentley of Elmwood, Illinois
(from Company I of the 77th IL)
and published in 1883.


The digitizing and conversion of this book to web pages was completed by Bart Benjamin, whose great-great grandfather fought in the 77th Illinois Volunteer Infantry.  For more information about Bart Benjamin's ancestors who fought in three different Union regiments during the Civil War, please visit his Three Soldiers of Valor website.

Bart Benjamin
Member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and descendant of:

  • Private Samuel Kirkman (Company K, 77th Illinois Volunteer Infantry)
  • Private Job Benjamin (Company C, 76th OhioVolunteer Infantry)
  • Private Wilson Benjamin (Company D, 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry)
  • For more information about Bart Benjamin, click here.

    Attention Civil War Researchers: If you have regimental histories, personal diaries, or letters from soldiers of the 77th Illinois , 76th Ohio, or 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantries, please e-mail Bart Benjamin.  If used in future revisions of Three Soldiers of Valor, you will be given prominent credit for your material.
     

    While The History of the 77th Illinois Volunteer Infantry is in the public domain, this digitization is
    Copyright © 2001 by Bart Benjamin, and may not be published or reproduced without permission.
     
     

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