144th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 144th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry


caption=Illinois state flag
dates= October 21, 1864 to July 14, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=

The 144th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

ervice

The 144th Illinois Infantry was organized at Alton, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on October 21, 1864, for a one year enlistment. The 144th served in garrisons in the Saint Louis, Missouri, area.

The regiment was mustered out of service on July 14, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 69 enlisted men who died of disease for a total of 69 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif10.htm#144th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]

Commanders

*Colonel Cyrus Hall - resigned March 7, 1865.
*Colonel John H. Kuhn - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/144-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls ]

ee also

*List of Illinois Civil War Units
*Illinois in the American Civil War

Notes

References

* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]