53rd Illinois Infantry Regiment

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53rd Illinois Infantry Regiment

The 53rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was organized at Ottawa, Illinois and mustered into Federal service in January 1862. The regiment served until July 22, 1865, and after the war ended it took part in the Grand Review of the Armies before being mustered out.

Its battles included Shiloh (1862), Hatchie’s Bridge (1862), the Siege of Vicksburg (1863), Sherman's March to the Sea (1864), the Carolinas campaign (1865), and the Battle of Bentonville (1865). The regiment used rifled muskets.

Casualties: 8 officers and 80 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, and 2 officers and 137 enlisted men died of disease, for a total of 227 fatalities.