151st Illinois Infantry Regiment

The 151st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

151st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
ActiveFebruary 23, 1865, to February 8, 1866
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry

Service edit

The 151st Illinois Infantry was organized at Quincy, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on February 23, 1865, for a one-year enlistment. The 151st served in garrisons in Georgia.

The regiment mustered out February 8, 1866.

Total strength and casualties edit

The regiment had 51 enlisted men who died of disease.[1]

Commanders edit

  • Colonel French B. Woodall - mustered out with the regiment.[2]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif10.htm#151st 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. ^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/151-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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