44th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 44th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 44th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= September 13, 1861 to September 25, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Pea Ridge
Battle of Perryville
Battle of Stone's River
Battle of Chickamauga
Siege of Chattanooga
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Siege of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro
Battle of Franklin
Battle of Nashville
The 44th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
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 enlistedmen who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 156 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 292 fatalities. [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.]
Commanders
*Colonel Charles Knobelsdorff - dismissed due to disability on August 20, 1862.
*Colonel Wallace W. Barrett - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/044-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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