49th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

49th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
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Active	December 31, 1861 to September 9, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Capture of Fort Donelson Battle of Shiloh Battle of Pleasant Hill Battle of Nashville

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

The 49th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on 31 December 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on September 9, 1865.

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.

Colonel Phineas Pease