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145th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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Country
  
United States

Branch
  
Infantry

Allegiance
  
Union

Active
  
June 9, 1864, to September 23, 1864

The 145th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was among scores of regiments that were raised in the summer of 1864 as Hundred Days Men, an effort to augment existing manpower for an all-out push to end the war within 100 days.

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Service

The 145th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on June 9, 1864, for a one-hundred-day enlistment. The 145th served in garrison in the Saint Louis, Missouri, area.

The regiment was mustered out of service on September 23, 1864.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 40 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 40 fatalities.

Commanders

  • Colonel George W. Lackey - mustered out with the regiment.
  • References

    145th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment Wikipedia