156th Illinois Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	156th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Dates:	February 16, 1865, to September 20, 1865
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Infantry
Battles:	None

The 156th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 156th Illinois Infantry was mustered into Federal service on February 16, 1865.

The regiment was mustered out on September 20, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 2 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 24 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 26 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

• Colonel Alfred T. Smith - discharged 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/unilif11.htm#156th 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/156-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References

• The Civil War Archive