155th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 155th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 155th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= February 28, 1865 to September 4, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=
The 155th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 155th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on February 28, 1865 for a one year enlistment. The 155th served in garrisons along the line of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
The regiment mustered out September 4, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 71 enlistedmen who died of disease for a total of 71 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif10.htm#155th 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 Gustavus A. Smith - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/155-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]
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