 The Indiana Chickamauga Commission ("see references"), however, reports the 44th's casualties as 350 killed and wounded in combat, and another 58 dead from disease.One of the regiment's early casualties was William H. Cuppy, captain of Company E, paternal uncle of humorist Will Cuppy.Severely wounded at Fort Donelson, he was sent home to South Whitley, Indiana, where he was cared for by his mother and sister until he died of his injuries in July 1862 at age 26.