55th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
| 55th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry "Canton Rifles" | |
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Illinois state flag | |
| Active | October 31, 1861 to August 14, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements |
Battle of Shiloh Siege of Corinth Vicksburg Campaign Battle of Chickasaw Bayou Battle of Fort Hindman (Arkansas Post) Battle of Snyder's Bluff Battle of Jackson (MS) Battle of Champion Hill Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Collierville Third Battle of Chattanooga Atlanta Campaign Battle of Resaca Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Atlanta Battle of Ezra Church Battle of Jonesborough Battle of Allatoona Pass March to the Sea Battle of Fort McAllister (1864) Carolinas Campaign Battle of Bentonville |
The 55th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment is sometimes referred to as the Canton Rifles or the Douglas Brigade 2nd Regiment.
Service
Monument to the 55th Illinois Infantry and Oscar Malmborg at Vicksburg.
The 55th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on October 31, 1861. Training continued at Benton Barracks, Missouri. The 55th was part of Sherman's Yazoo Expedition.
The regiment was mustered out on August 14, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered casualties including nine officers, 149 enlisted men who were killed in action, or mortally wounded, and two officers and 127 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 286 fatalities.[1]
Commanders
- Colonel David Stuart - promoted to brigadier general on November 29, 1862, U.S. Senate refused to confirm appointment, resigned April 3, 1863
- Colonel Oscar Malmborg[2]
See also
Map of Vicksburg National Military Park.
- Memphis and Charleston Railroad
- Milton L. Haney
- List of Illinois Civil War Units
- Illinois in the American Civil War
Notes
- ↑ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#55th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
- ↑ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/055-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
References
External links
- The Story of the Fifty-fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War
- Benton Barracks, The Missouri Civil War Museum
- 55th Illinois Infantry at Vicksburg