The Forty-first Infantry was organized at Decatur, Illinois in August, 1861, by Col. Isaac C. Pugh, companies A and E and part of company I being recruited in Macon county.  A few belonging to other companies of the regiment were also enlisted in this county.
     The regiment moved to Bird's Point, Missouri, August 29th, and was assigned to the command of General Prentiss; September 8th, it was ordered to Paducah, Kentucky; thence February 5th, 1862, to Fort Henry; February 11th, to Fort Donelson, engaging in the siege, February 13th, 14th and 15th; March 10th, moved to Pittsburgh Landing, and engaged in the battle of Shiloh; Apr. 6th and 7th, took part in the siege of Corinth, Col. Pugh commanding brigade; July 6th, marched to Memphis via Holly Springs, reaching the former place, July 21st and remaining there till September 6th, when it marched to Bolivar; thence in Grand Junction, Hatchie River, Lagrange, Lamar, Somerville, Holly Springs, Waterford, Beaver Creek, Yocona Creek, Water Valley, returning to Holly Springs, January 5th, 1863.  The regiment went into camp at Moscow, Tennessee, and remained till March, when it was ordered to Memphis as a part of the Sixteenth Army Corps, under command of Major General Hurlbut; Apr. 3d, engaged in an expedition to Hernando, Mississippi; at Cold Water, met the enemy under General Chalmers, and was under heavy fire seven hours, fully sustaining its former reputation for dauntless courage and daring deeds; May 12th, moved to Vicksburg, where it bore a prominent part in the great siege and battles around that confederate stronghold; July 5th, marched to Jackson, and participated in the battle near that city, leaving 40 killed on the field, and having 122 wounded, Major Long being among the former.  Returning to Vicksburg, the regiment was ordered to Natchez, where it remained till November 28th; December 3d, marched to Big Black River, where it erected winter quarters, and was afterwards consolidated with the Fifty-third regiment.

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