43rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 43rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 43rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= October 12, 1861 to November 30, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Vicksburg
The 43rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, known as the "Koerner Regiment", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 43rd Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on October 12, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on November 30, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 8 officers and 75 enlistedmen who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 161 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 246 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf4.htm#43rd 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 Julius Raith - Mortally wounded at Shiloh, died on April 9, 1862.
*Colonel Adolph Englemann - Mustered out on December 31, 1864.
*Lieutenant Colonel Adolph Dengler - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/043-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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