The 44th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 44th Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 25, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on November 30, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 6 officers and 129 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 156 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 292 fatalities.[1]
Commanders
- Colonel Charles Knobelsdorff - dismissed due to disability on August 20, 1862.
- Colonel Wallace W. Barrett - mustered out with the regiment.[2]
See also
- List of Illinois Civil War Units
- Illinois in the American Civil War
- 15 Letters Written by Germans in the 44th Illinois Infantry
Notes
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf4.htm#44th 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/044-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
References