84th REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Dyer's Regimental History

from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. III, Regimental Histories
by Frederick H. Dyer [1908]

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84th REGIMENT INFANTRY.

• Organized at Quincy, Ill., and
• mustered in September 1, 1862.
• Left State for Louisville, Ky., September 23.

• Attached to 10th Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862.
• 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863.
• 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863.
• 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to May, 1865.
• 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.-

• Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-16, 1862.
  • Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8.
  • Pursuit to Loudon October 10-22.
• March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7.
• Duty at Nashville till December 26.
• Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30.
• Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1862.
• At Murfreesboro till June.
  • Woodbury January 24.
• Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 24-July 7.
• Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16.
• Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22.
  • Reconnoissance from Rossville September 17.
  • Ringgold, Ga., September 17.
  • Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-20.
• Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23.
• Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27.
  • Lookout Mountain November 23-24.
  • Mission Ridge November 25.
  • Pursuit to Ringgold, Ga., November 26-27.
  • Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27.
• March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 17.
• At Whiteside, Tyner's Station and Blue Springs till May, 1864.
• Demonstration on Dalton, Ga. February 22-27, 1864.
  • Near Dalton February 23.
  • Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap, and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25.
• Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to September.
  • Tunnel Hill May 6-7.
  • Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
  • Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9.
  • Demonstration on Dalton May 9-13.
  • Battle of Resaca May 14-15.
  • Kingston May 18-19.
  • Near Cassville May 19.
  • Advance on Dallas May 22-25.
  • Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Mills May 25-June 5.
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
    • Pine Hill June 11-14.
    • Lost Mountain June 15-17.
    • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
  • Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.
  • Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
  • Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
  • Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.
  • Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
  • Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
  • Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
• Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3.
• Nashville Campaign November-December.
  • Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27.
  • Battle of Franklin November 30.
  • Battle of Nashville December 15-16.
  • Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28.
• Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there till March, 1865.
• Expedition to Bull's Gap and operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22.
• Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and duty there till June.
• Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., June 8, and
• discharged June 16, 1865.

Regiment lost during service

• 4 Officers and 120 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
• 1 Offlcer and 144 Enlisted men by disease.
• Total 269.

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