51st Illinois Infantry Regiment
# 51st Illinois Infantry Regiment

The 51st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

## Service

The 51st Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on December 24, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on September 25, 1865.

## Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 9 officers and 106 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 134 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 250 fatalities.

## Commanders

* Colonel Gilbert W. Cumming - resigned on September 30, 1862.
* Colonel Luther P. Bradley - promoted brigadier general on July 30, 1864.
* Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Davis - discharged June 30, 1865.
* Lieutenant Colonel James S. Boyd - mustered out with the regiment.
