155th Illinois Infantry Regiment

155th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
155th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
	Illinois state flag
Active	February 28, 1865, to September 4, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry

The 155th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

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 enlisted men who died of disease for a total of 71 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

Colonel Gustavus A. Smith - mustered out with the regiment.^[2]

References

Citations

^ 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.
^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/155-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

Sources

The Civil War Archive

[1] ttp://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.

[2] ttp://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/155-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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