49th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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The 49th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry
Infantry
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 regiment
Regiment
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 that served in the Union Army
Union Army
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 during the American Civil War
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.

Service

The 49th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler
Camp Butler National Cemetery
Camp Butler National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located a few miles northeast of Springfield and a few miles southwest of Riverton, a small town nearby to Springfield, in Sangamon County, Illinois. It was named for Illinois State Treasurer at the time of its establishment,...

, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

 and mustered into Federal service on 31 December 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on September 9, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 7 officers and 72 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 5 officers and 170 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 254 fatalities.

Commanders

  • Colonel
    Colonel
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     William Ralls Morrison - resigned on December 13, 1862.
  • Colonel William A. Thrush - mustered out with the regiment.
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