41st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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41st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
Active	August 10, 1861 to December 23, 1864
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Shiloh Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Pleasant Hill March to the Sea

The 41st 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 Notes 5 References

[edit] Service

The 41st Illinois Infantry was organized at Decatur, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 5, 1861.

The regiment was consolidated with the 53rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment on December 23, 1864.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 8 officers and 107 enlistedmen who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 107 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 225 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel Isaac Pugh - mustered out with the regiment.^[2]

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

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf4.htm#41st 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/041-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive