146th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 146th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry


caption=Illinois state flag
dates= September 18, 1864 to July 5, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=

The 146th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

ervice

The 146th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 18, 1864 for a one year enlistment. The 146th served in garrisons in Illinois.

The regiment was mustered out of service on July 5, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 38 enlisted men who died of disease for a total of 38 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif10.htm#146th 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 Henry H. Dean - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/146-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls ]

ee also

*List of Illinois Civil War Units
*Illinois in the American Civil War

Notes

References

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