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 List of Illinois Civil War Units Illinois in the American Civil War
References The Civil War Archive