40th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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40th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
Active	August 10, 1861 to July 24, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Shiloh Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Missionary Ridge Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Siege of Atlanta March to the Sea

The 40th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Commanders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] Service

The 40th Illinois Infantry was organized at Springfield, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 10, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on July 24, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 6 officers and 119 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 117 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 246 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel Stephen G. Hicks - discharged on October 13, 1862.^[2]

[edit] See also

• List of Illinois Civil War Units
• Illinois in the American Civil War

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf4.htm#40th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
2. ^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/040-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive