53rd Illinois Infantry Regiment

53rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
53rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
	Illinois state flag
Active	Jan. 1862 – July 22, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union; Illinois
Branch	Union Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Equipment	Rifled musket
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Shiloh (1862); Battle of Hatchie's Bridge (1862); Siege of Vicksburg (1863); Sherman's March to the Sea (1864); Carolinas campaign (1865); Battle of Bentonville (1865); ;

The 53rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment fought at Shiloh, Hatchie's Bridge, Vicksburg, the March to the Sea, the Carolinas campaign, and Bentonville. After the war ended, it participated in the Grand Review of the Armies before being mustered out of service.

Service

The 53rd Illinois Infantry was organized at Ottawa, Illinois and mustered into Federal service in January 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on July 22, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 8 officers and 80 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 137 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 227 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

Colonel William H.W. Cushman - resigned on September 3, 1862.
Colonel Daniel F. Hitt - resigned on January 2, 1863.
Colonel Seth C. Earl - killed in action on July 12, 1863.
Colonel John W. McClanahan - mustered out with the regiment.^[2]

Notes

^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#53rd 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/053-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References

The Civil War Archive

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[1] ttp://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#53rd 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/053-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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