149th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 149th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry


caption=Illinois state flag
dates= February 11, 1865 to January 27, 1866
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=

The 149th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

ervice

The 149th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on February 11, 1865 for a one year enlistment. The 149th served in garrisons in Tennessee and Georgia.

The regiment was mustered out of service on January 27, 1866.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 31 enlistedmen who died of disease for a total of 31 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif10.htm#149th 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 William C. Kueffner - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/149-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]