40th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 40th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 40th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= August 10, 1861 to July 24, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Siege of Atlanta
March to the Sea
The 40th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 40th Illinois Infantry was organized at Springfield, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 10, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on July 24, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 6 officers and 119 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 117 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 246 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf4.htm#40th 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 Stephen G. Hicks - discharged on October 13, 1862. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/040-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]
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