153rd Illinois Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	153rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Dates:	February 27, 1865, to September 15, 1865
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Infantry

The 153rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

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 enlisted men who died of disease for a total of 37 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

• Colonel Stephen Bronson - mustered out with the regiment.^[2]

See also

• List of Illinois Civil War Units
• Illinois in the American Civil War

Notes

1. 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.
2. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/153-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References

• The Civil War Archive