46th Illinois Infantry Regiment

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|unit_name= 46th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry

| image=Flag of Illinois.svg

| image_size = 100

|caption=Illinois state flag

|dates= December 28, 1861, to January 20, 1866

|country= United States

|allegiance= Union

|branch= Union Army

|role= Infantry

|equipment=

|battles= American Civil War

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The 46th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 46th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on December 28, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on January 20, 1866.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 7 officers and 74 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 253 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 335 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf4.htm#46th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

Commanders

Colonel John A. Davis - died of wounds on October 10, 1862
Lieutenant Colonel John J. Jones
Colonel Benjamin Dornblaser - mustered out with the regiment.http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/046-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References

External links

[http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]