154th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 154th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry


caption=Illinois state flag
dates= February 21, 1865 to September 18, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=

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

ervice

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 enlistedmen who died of disease for a total of 76 fatalities. [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.]

Commanders

*Colonel Mclain F. Wood - died August 6, 1865.
*Lieutenant Colonel Francis Swanwick - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/154-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil 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]