74th Illinois Infantry Regiment

The 74th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

74th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
ActiveSeptember 4, 1862, to June 10, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Perryville
Battle of Stone's River
Siege of Chattanooga
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Jonesboro
Battle of Franklin
Battle of Nashville

Service

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74th Regiment Illinois was organized at Rockford, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 4, 1862.

The regiment was discharged from service on June 10, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

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The regiment suffered 5 officers and 78 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 116 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 202 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#74th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
  2. ^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/074-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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