The 41st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an
infantry regiment that served in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War.
Service
The 41st Illinois Infantry was organized at
Decatur, Illinois
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and mustered into Federal service on August 5, 1861.
The regiment as a whole saw action with the
Army of the Tennessee at
Fort Donelson,
Shiloh,
Corinth,
Hatchie's Bridge,
Vicksburg and
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.
In March, 1864 the veterans of the regiment went on furlough and the newly recruited members of the regiment joined Nathanial Banks'
Army of the Gulf. This non-veteran detachment fought at
Fort DeRussy,
Pleasant Hill,
Mansura
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Etymology
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and
Tupelo.
The veterans did not rejoin the regiment after their furlough but instead formed a "Veteran's Battalion" and rejoined the Army of the Tennessee in Georgia. They were assigned to guard duty along the railroad near Big Shanty, Marietta and Kenesaw Mountain. Then moved with the army during the March to the Sea and siege of Savannah, Georgia.
The regiment was consolidated with the
53rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment on December 23, 1864.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 8 officers and 107 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 107 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 225 fatalities.
Commanders
*
Colonel Isaac C. Pugh - mustered out with the regiment.
[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/041-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls]
*Colonel
John N. Nale
*
List of Illinois Civil War Units
*
Illinois in the American Civil War
See also
*
List of Illinois Civil War units
Notes
References
The Civil War Archive
Units and formations of the Union Army from Illinois
1861 establishments in Illinois
Military units and formations established in 1861
Military units and formations disestablished in 1864