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84th Illinois Infantry
in the American Civil War
Online Books:
84th Illinois Infantry Soldier Roster - Report of the Adjutant
General of the State of Illinois, Volume 5, Revised by Brigadier General J.N.
Reece, Adjutant General, 1900
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| Regimental History |
| Eighty-fourth Infantry.— Col., Louis H. Waters;
Lieut.-Cols., Thomas Hamer, Charles H. Morton; Majs., Charles H. Morton,
Caleb B. Cox. This regiment was organized at Quincy, in Aug., 1862, and
was mustered into the U. S. service Sept. 1, for three years, with 939
men and officers. It was ordered to Louisville, Ky., Sept. 23 and was
assigned to the 10th brigade of the 4th division. It was at the battle
of Perryville and on the march with Buell through Kentucky in the
pursuit of the Confederate army under Bragg; participated in the battle
of Stone's river, where it lost 228 men and officers killed and wounded,
out of a total of 350 engaged; was in the Tullahoma campaign and at the
battle of Chickamauga, in Chattanooga during what was called the
"siege," and with Hooker at Lookout mountain, in the "fight above the
clouds." It participated in the Atlanta campaign, the battles at
Franklin and Nashville, and was mustered out at the expiration of its
term. Its total casualties in battle were 558; killed by accident, 7;
died of disease, 124; total casualties, 689. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 3
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