Английская Википедия:52nd Illinois Infantry Regiment

Материал из Онлайн справочника
Перейти к навигацииПерейти к поиску

Шаблон:Infobox military unit

The 52nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

Файл:52nd Illinois at Corinth.jpg
The 1862-63 winter quarters of the 52nd at Corinth, Mississippi

The 52nd Illinois Infantry was organized at Geneva, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on November 19, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on July 5, 1865.

One soldier from the regiment, Sergeant Edward B. Spalding of Company E, was awarded the Medal of Honor for continuing to fight after being wounded at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862.[1]

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 2 officers and 59 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 119 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 180 fatalities.[2]

Commanders

  • Colonel Isaac G. Wilson - resigned on December 9, 1861.
  • Colonel Thomas W. Sweeny - promoted brigadier general.
  • Lieutenant Colonel Edwin A. Bowen - mustered out October 24, 1864.
  • Lieutenant Colonel Jerome G. Davis - mustered out with the regiment.[3]

See also

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links


Шаблон:AmericanCivilWar-unit-stub

  1. Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок moh не указан текст
  2. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf4.htm#52nd The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
  3. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/052-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls