43rd Illinois Infantry Regiment

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|unit_name= 43rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry

| image=Flag of Illinois.svg

| image_size = 100

|caption=Illinois state flag

|dates= October 12, 1861, to November 30, 1865

|country= United States

|allegiance= Union

|branch= Infantry

|equipment=

|battles= Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Vicksburg

}}

File:Charles_Hoenny_(Haenny),_Captain,_43rd_Illinois_Regiment_(Union).jpg

The 43rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, known as the "Koerner Regiment" after Gustav Körner, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 43rd Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on October 12, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on November 30, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 8 officers and 75 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 161 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 246 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf4.htm#43rd 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 Julius Raith - Mortally wounded at Shiloh, died on April 9, 1862.
Colonel Adolph Englemann - Mustered out on December 31, 1864.
Lieutenant Colonel Adolph Dengler - mustered out with the regiment.http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/043-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

Notes

References

[http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]

Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Illinois

Category:1861 establishments in Illinois

Category:Military units and formations established in 1861

Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865