74th Illinois Infantry Regiment

74th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
Active	September 4, 1862, to June 10, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Perryville Battle of Stone's River Siege of Chattanooga Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Jonesboro Battle of Franklin Battle of Nashville

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

Service

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

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

• Colonel Jason Marsh - Resigned August 24, 1864.
• Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Bryan - 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/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

References

• The Civil War Archive