50th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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50th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
Active	September 12, 1861 to July 13, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Capture of Fort Henry Capture of Fort Donelson Battle of Shiloh Battle of Resaca Battle of Allatoona March to the Sea Battle of Bentonville

The 50th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the "Blind Half-Hundred," 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 50th Illinois Infantry was organized at Quincy, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 12, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on July 13, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 2 officers and 60 enlistedmen who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 121 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 191 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel Moses M. Bane - resigned on December 13, 1862.
• Lieutenant Colonel William Hanna - 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#50th 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/050-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive