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[http://www.dieterich.k12.il.us/faculty/kjohnson/civilwar/War_of_the_Rebellion.htm]==See also==
*[[List of Illinois Civil War Units]]
*[[List of Illinois Civil War Units]]
*[[Illinois in the American Civil War]]
*[[Illinois in the American Civil War]]

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41st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
ActiveAugust 10, 1861 to December 23, 1864
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Shiloh
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Pleasant Hill
March to the Sea

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 and mustered into Federal service on August 5, 1861.

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 enlistedmen who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 107 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 225 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

  • Colonel Isaac Pugh - mustered out with the regiment.[2]


Notes

  1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf4.htm#41st 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/041-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References