153rd Indiana Infantry Regiment

153rd Indiana Infantry Regiment
Active	March 1 – September 4, 1865
Disbanded	September 4, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Size	Regiment[note 1]
Engagements	American Civil War
Commanders
Colonel	Oliver H.P. Carey[1]
Lt. Colonel	Charles S. Ellis[1]
Major	James F. Wildman[1]

The 153rd Indiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Indiana that served in the Union Army between March 1 and September 4, 1865, during the American Civil War.

The regiment was organized at Indianapolis, with a strength of 1,033 men^[1] and mustered in on March 1, 1865.^[1][2] It left Indiana for Nashville, Tennessee on March 5. While en route the regiment was stopped at Louisville, Kentucky, and ordered to proceed to Russellville, Kentucky, while a detachment went to Lyon County on April 29.^[1][2] Companies "D", "G", and "H", were involved in numerous operations against guerrilla fighters in the vicinity of Russellville until June.^[1] The regiment returned to Louisville, Ky., on June 16, where it saw duty at Taylor Barracks until early September. The regiment was mustered out on September 4, 1865.^[1][2] During its service the regiment suffered forty-seven fatalities, another seventy-nine men deserted and unaccounted for, two men.^[1]

• List of Indiana Civil War regiments

• Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. New York and London. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher. LCCN 59-12963.
• Holloway, William R. (2004). Civil War Regiments From Indiana. eBookOnDisk.com Pensacola, Florida. ISBN 1-9321-5731-X.
• Terrell, W.H.H. (1867). The Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana. Containing Rosters for the Years 1861–1865, Volume 7. Indianapolis. Samuel M. Douglass, State Printer.