47th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 47th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 47th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= August 16, 1861 to January 21, 1866
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Corinth
Siege of Vicksburg
Red River Campaign
Battle of Pleasant Hill
The 47th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 47th Illinois Infantry was organized at Peoria, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 16, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on January 21, 1866.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 5 officers and 58 enlistedmen who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 184 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 250 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf4.htm#47th 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 John Bryner - resigned on September 2, 1862.
*Colonel William A. Thrush - killed in action October 3, 1862.
*Colonel John N. Cromwell - killed in action May 16, 1863.
*Colonel John D. McClure - mustered out of service on October 11, 1864. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/047-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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