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82nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry "2nd Hecker Regt"
Illinois state flag
ActiveOctober 23, 1862, to June 16, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsAmerican Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Wauhatchie
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Resaca
March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville

The 82nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, known as the "2nd Hecker Regiment," was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was one of the three "German" regiments furnished to the Union by Illinois. Approximately two-thirds of its members were German immigrants and most of the other third was composed of immigrants from various countries. Company C was almost entirely Jewish, and Company I all Scandinavians.

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