49th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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49th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
Active	December 31, 1861 to September 9, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Capture of Fort Donelson Battle of Shiloh Battle of Pleasant Hill Battle of Nashville

The 49th 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 49th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on 31 December 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on September 9, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 7 officers and 72 enlistedmen who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 5 officers and 170 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 254 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel William R. Morrison - resigned on December 13, 1862.
• Colonel William A. Thrush - mustered out with the regiment.^[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#49th 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/049-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive