The 84th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an
infantry
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army
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during the
American Civil War
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.
Service
The 84th Illinois Infantry was organized at
Quincy, Illinois
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and mustered into Federal service on September 1, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on June 8, 1865, in
Nashville, Tennessee
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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 who died of their wounds and 1 officers and 144 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 269 fatalities.
Commanders
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Colonel
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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
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List of Illinois Civil War Units
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Illinois in the American Civil War
During the American Civil War, the state of Illinois was a major source of troops for the Union Army (particularly for those armies serving in the Western Theater of the Civil War), and of military supplies, food, and clothing. Situated near majo ...
References
The Civil War Archive
Units and formations of the Union Army from Illinois
1862 establishments in Illinois
Military units and formations established in 1862
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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