The 49th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an
infantry
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army
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during the
American Civil War
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.
Service
The 49th Illinois Infantry was organized at
Camp Butler
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,
Illinois
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and mustered into Federal service on 31 December 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on September 9, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 7 officers and 72 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 5 officers and 170 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 254 fatalities.
Commanders
*
Colonel
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William Ralls Morrison
William Ralls Morrison (September 14, 1824 – September 29, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Early life and career
Born on a farm at Prairie du Long, near the present town of Waterloo, Illinois, Morrison attended the common sch ...
- resigned on December 13, 1862.
*Colonel William A. Thrush - mustered out with the regiment.
[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/049-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls]
*Colonel Phineas Pease
See also
*
List of Illinois Civil War Units
*
Illinois in the American Civil War
During the American Civil War, the state of Illinois was a major source of troops for the Union Army (particularly for those armies serving in the Western Theater of the Civil War), and of military supplies, food, and clothing. Situated near majo ...
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 1865
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