146th Illinois Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	146th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Dates:	September 18, 1864, to July 5, 1865
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Infantry

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

Service

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.^[1]

Commanders

• Colonel Henry H. Dean - mustered out with the regiment.^[2]

See also

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

Notes

1. 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.
2. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/146-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References

• The Civil War Archive