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Forty-Fourth Illinois Infantry.
Kimball's Brigade —
Newton's Division--Fourth Corps.
| companies. | killed and died of wounds. | died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. | Total Enrollment. |
| Officers. | Men. | Total. | Officers. | Men. | Total. |
| Field and Staff | 1 | | 1 | | | | 13 |
| Company | A | 2 | 20 | 22 | | 11 | 11 | 127 |
| | B | | 10 | 10 | | 10 | 10 | 130 |
| | C | | 10 | 10 | | 12 | 12 | 136 |
| | D | | 13 | 13 | | 23 | 23 | 145 |
| | E | 2 | 11 | 13 | | 14 | 14 | 135 |
| | F | 1 | 13 | 14 | | 17 | 17 | 142 |
| | G | | 16 | 16 | | 20 | 20 | 130 |
| | H | | 10 | 10 | | 24 | 24 | 125 |
| | I | | 15 | 15 | | 16 | 16 | 124 |
| | K | | 11 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 137 |
| Totals | 6 | 129 | 135 | 1 | 156 | 157 | 1,344 |
135 killed == 10 per cent.
Total of killed and wounded, 486; died in Confederate prisons (previously included), 24.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Pea Ridge, Ark. | 2 | Adairsville, Ga. | 9 |
| Guerrillas, April 18, 1862 | 1 | New Hope Church, Ga. | 3 |
| Chaplin Hills, Ky. | 2 | Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. | 16 |
| Stone's River, Tenn. | 53 | Siege of Atlanta, Ga. | 5 |
| Chickamauga, Ga. | 14 | Jonesboro, Ga. | 3 |
| Missionary Ridge, Tenn. | 7 | Franklin, Tenn. | 10 |
| Resaca, Ga. | 5 | Nashville, Tenn. | 5 |
Present, also, at
Hoover's Gap;
Dandridge;
Rocky Face Ridge;
Dallas;
Peach Tree Creek; Lovejoy's Station;
Spring Hill.
notes.--Mustered in at
Chicago September 13, 1861, proceeding the next day to
Missouri, where it was engaged on active duty for several months; it was then in
Sigel's Division.
It was engaged at the
battle of Pea Ridge, its first experience under fire, sustaining a slight loss only,--1 killed and 2 wounded. In May, 1862, it marched with other reenforcements for the besieging army at
Corinth, after which it remained in
Mississippi a few months, proceeding thence, in September, to
Covington, Ky., and then to
Louisville.
There it was assigned to
Laiboldt's Brigade of
Sheridan's Division, in which command it fought at Chaplin Hills; loss, 1 killed and 11 wounded. It fought next at
Stone's River, where it lost 29 killed, 109 wounded, and 17 missing; total, 155.
At
Chickamauga, it lost 6 killed, 60 wounded, and 34 missing; total, 100.
Upon the consolidation of
McCook's and
Crittenden's Corps into the newly formed Fourth Corps, the regiment became a part of
Steedman's Brigade,
Sheridan's (2d) Division.
At the
battle of Missionary Ridge,
Sheridan gave it credit for being among the first to plant its colors on the enemy's works.
Over three-fourths of the men having reenlisted, the organization of the regiment was preserved throughout the war. The division under
Newton participated in the hard fighting of the
Atlanta campaign, and under
Wagner, fought with
Hood's Army at
Franklin.
After the victory at
Nashville, the regiment moved to
Huntsville, Ala., on January 5, 1865; thence in April, to
East Tennessee, and from there it went with the Fourth Corps to
Texas, where it was mustered out in September, 1865.
