The 94th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the "McLean Regiment," was an infantry

Infantry

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 regiment

Regiment

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 that served in the Union Army

Union Army

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 during the American Civil War

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Service

The 94th Illinois Infantry was organized in McLean County, Illinois

McLean County, Illinois

McLean County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. McLean County is included in the Bloomington–Normal, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 169,572, which is an increase of 12.7% from 150,433 in 2000. Its county seat is...

 and mustered into Federal service on August 20, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on July 17, 1865 at Galveston, Texas

Galveston, Texas

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Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 9 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 162 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 175 fatalities.

Commanders

• Colonel William W. Orme
  William W. Orme
  Brigadier General William Ward Orme was born in Washington, D.C. in 1832. He moved to Bloomington, Illinois, in McLean County, prior to 1860 where he practiced law in the law firm of Swett & Orme. His partner was Leonard Swett...
  
  - Promoted to brigadier general on April 4, 1863.
• Colonel John McNulta - Mustered out with the regiment.