15th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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15th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois flag
Active	April 25, 1861 to September 16, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Fort Donelson Battle of Shiloh Siege of Vicksburg

The 15th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Commanders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] Service

The 15th Illinois Infantry was mustered at Freeport, Illinois on April 25, 1861.

The regiment was consolidated with the 14th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry to form the 14th and 15th Illinois Battalion Infantry on July 1, 1864 and was finally mustered out of service on September 16, 1865 at Fort Leavenworth.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 6 officers and 81 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 5 officers and 135 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 227 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel Thomas J. Turner - resigned November 2, 1862.
• Colonel George C. Rogers^[2]

[edit] See also

• List of Illinois Civil War Units
• Illinois in the American Civil War

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf1.htm 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/015-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive