4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment

4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
Illinois flag
ActiveSeptember 26, 1861, to June 14, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchCavalry
EngagementsFort Henry
Fort Donelson
Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Corinth
Battle of Coffeeville
Battle of Egypt Station
Military unit
Illinois U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiments 1861-1865
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Wagoner John M. Moore of Co. K, 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 4th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was mustered into service at Ottawa, Illinois, on September 26, 1861. It was consolidated with 12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment on June 14, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment lost 1 officer and 31 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 166 enlisted men from disease, for a total of 199 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

  • Colonel Theophilus Lyle Dickey - resigned February 16, 1863
  • Colonel Martin R. M. Wallace - mustered out November 3, 1864[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav1.htm#4th 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/cav004-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References

  • "A Horse to Live and a Greyhound to Die: Early Civil War Experiences of Robert and James Thompson" by Bruce Makoto Arnold
  • Home of the 4th Illinois Cavalry by: Ronald Roy Wallace
  • The Civil War Archive


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