84th Illinois Infantry Regiment
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= 84th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
| image=Flag of Illinois.svg
| image_size = 100
|caption=Illinois flag
|dates= September 1, 1862, to June 16, 1865
|country= United States
|allegiance= Union
|branch= Infantry
|equipment=
|battles= Battle of Perryville
Battle of Stone's River
Battle of Chickamauga
Siege of Chattanooga
Battle of Lookout Mountain
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Siege of Atlanta
Battle of Franklin
Battle of Nashville
}}
The 84th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 84th Illinois Infantry was organized at Quincy, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 1, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on June 8, 1865, in Nashville, Tennessee and discharged on June 16, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered four officers and 120 enlisted men who were killed in action or died of their wounds and 1 officer and 144 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 269 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf7.htm#84th 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 Lewis Henry Waters - Mustered out with the regiment.http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/084-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
See also
References
- [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]
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Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Illinois
Category:1862 establishments in Illinois
Category:Military units and formations established in 1862
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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