4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment

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4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
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ActiveSeptember 26, 1861, to June 14, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Cavalry
Engagements Fort Henry
Fort Donelson
Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Corinth
Battle of Coffeeville
Battle of Egypt Station
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 Wagoner John M. Moore of Co. K, 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, in uniform) - Hughes & Lakin, photographers, Natchez, Miss LCCN2016646164.jpg
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.

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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

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

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