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 enlistedmen who died of disease for a total of 37 fatalities.

Commanders

• Colonel Stephen Bronson - mustered out with the regiment.

See also

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

Notes

References

• The Civil War Archive