156th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 156th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry


caption=Illinois flag
dates= February 16, 1865 to September 20, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= None

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

ervice

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

The regiment was mustered out on September 20, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

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

Commanders

*Colonel Alfred T. Smith - discharged with the regiment [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/156-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls ]

ee also

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

Notes

References

* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]