Premise: The 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was originally formed as a three-month volunteer unit at the beginning of the war, and then reorganized as a three-year unit, in which role it served until the end of the war.
Hypothesis: The 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army and paid its' soldiers handsomely.