53rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

53rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
Active	January 1862 to July 22, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Shiloh Battle of Metamora March to the Sea Battle of Bentonville

The 53rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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.

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.