48th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 48th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 48th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= September, 1861 to August 15, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Capture of Fort Henry
Capture of Fort Donelson
Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Resaca
Siege of Atlanta
March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville
The 48th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 48th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service in September, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on August 15, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 10 officers and 113 enlistedmen who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 6 officers and 251 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 380 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf4.htm#48th 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 Isham N, Haynie - resigned on November 21, 1862.
*Colonel William W. Sanford - resigned on January 18, 1864.
*Colonel Lucien N. Greathouse - killed in action July 22, 1864.
*Colonel Thomas L. Weens - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/048-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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