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 Regiment was assigned to guard duty on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad until July 1865, when they moved to Memphis, Tennessee for duty until September.
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.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
See also List of Illinois Civil War Units Illinois in the American Civil War
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The Civil War Archive