76th Illinois Infantry Regiment
# 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.
