title: 152nd Illinois Infantry Regiment
text: # 152nd Illinois Infantry Regiment
  
  The 152nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
  
  ## Service
  
  The 152nd Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on February 28, 1865, for a one-year enlistment. The 152nd garrisoned the line of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad and later Memphis, Tennessee.
  
  The regiment mustered out September 9, 1865.
  
  ## Total strength and casualties
  
  The regiment suffered 76 enlisted men who died of disease for a total of 76 fatalities.
  
  ## Commanders
  
  * Colonel Ferdinand D. Stephenson - mustered out with the regiment.
  