title: 76th Illinois Infantry Regiment
text: # 76th Illinois Infantry Regiment
  
  The 76th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
  
  ## Service
  
  76th Regiment Illinois was organized at Kankakee, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 22, 1862.
  
  The regiment was discharged from service on August 4, 1865.
  
  ## Total strength and casualties
  
  The regiment suffered 1 officer and 51 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 205 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 259 fatalities.
  
  ## Commanders
  
  * Colonel Alonzo W. Mack - Resigned January 7, 1863.
  * Colonel Samual T. Busey - Mustered out with the regiment.
  