50th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

50th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
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Active	September 12, 1861, to July 13, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Fort Henry Battle of Fort Donelson Battle of Shiloh Battle of Resaca Battle of Allatoona March to the Sea Battle of Bentonville

The 50th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the "Blind Half-Hundred," was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Organized in Quincy, Illinois. Companies A-K were from Adams, Brown, Hancock, Warren, and Fulton County. The "Half Blind One Hundred" was to fight with the army of the Tennessee. They Engaged in such battles as: The battle of Shiloh, Ft. Donnelson, Vicksburg, The Atlanta Campaign, Allatoona, and the March to the Sea.

The regiment suffered 2 officers and 60 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 121 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 191 fatalities.