153rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 153rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 153rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= February 27, 1865 to September 15, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=
The 153rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 153rd Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on February 27, 1865 for a one year enlistment. The 153rd served in garrisoned the line of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad and later Memphis, Tennessee.
The regiment mustered out September 15, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 37 enlistedmen who died of disease for a total of 37 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif10.htm#153rd 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 Stephen Bronson - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/153-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls ]
ee also
*List of Illinois Civil War Units
*Illinois in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]
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