154th Illinois Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	154th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Dates:	February 21, 1865, to September 18, 1865
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Infantry

The 154th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 154th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on February 21, 1865, for a one-year enlistment. The 154th served in garrisons in Tennessee.

The regiment mustered out September 18, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 76 enlisted men who died of disease for a total of 76 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

• Colonel Mclain F. Wood - died August 6, 1865.
• Lieutenant Colonel Francis Swanwick - mustered out with the regiment.^[2]

See also

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

References

Sources

• The Civil War Archive

Notes and References

1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif10.htm#154th 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/154-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls