5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment

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5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
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ActiveAugust 31, 1861, to October 27, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Cavalry
Private Silas York of the 5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, holding a Lefaucheux M1858 Private Silas York of Co. F, 5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, with single shot percussion pistol, Lefaucheux revolver, and sword LCCN2012648197.jpg
Private Silas York of the 5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, holding a Lefaucheux M1858

The 5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Service

The 5th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois, on August 31, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on October 27, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 28 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 5 officers and 414 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 447 fatalities. [1]

Commanders

See also

Notes

  1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav1.htm#5th 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/cav005-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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