- 55th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 55th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates=October 31 ,1861 toAugust 14 ,1865
country=United States
allegiance= Union
branch=Infantry
equipment=
battles=Battle of Shiloh Siege of Corinth Vicksburg Campaign Battle of Chickasaw Bayou Battle of Fort Hindman (Arkansas Post)Battle of Snyder's Bluff Battle of Jackson (MS) Battle of Champion's Hill Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Collierville Third Battle of Chattanooga Atlanta Campaign Battle of Resaca Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Atlanta Battle of Ezra Church Battle of Jonesborough
Battle of Allatoona Pass
March to the SeaBattle of Fort McAllister II Carolinas Campaign Battle of Bentonville The 55th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an
infantry regiment that served in theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War . The regiment is sometimes referred to as the Canton Rifles or the Douglas Brigade 2nd Regiment.ervice
The 55th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Douglas,
Chicago ,Illinois and mustered into Federal service onOctober 31 ,1861 . Training continued at Benton Barracks, Missouri. The 55th was part of Sherman's Yazoo Expedition.The regiment was mustered out on
August 14 ,1865 .Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered nine officers and 149 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and two officers and 127 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 286 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#55th 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
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Colonel David Stuart - promoted to brigadier general on November 29, 1862, U.S. Senate refused to confirm appointment, resigned April 3, 1863
*ColonelOscar Malmborg [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/055-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls ]ee also
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Memphis and Charleston Railroad
*Milton L. Haney
*List of Illinois Civil War Units
*Illinois in the American Civil War Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]
External links
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=nBlCAAAAIAAJ "The Story of the Fifty-fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War"]
* [http://www.missouricivilwarmuseum.org/benton.htm Benton Barracks, The Missouri Civil War Museum]
* [http://www.nps.gov/vick/historyculture/55th-illinois-infantry.htm 55th Illinois Infantry at Vicksburg]
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