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5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment

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5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
Illinois flag
ActiveAugust 31, 1861, to October 27, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchCavalry
A tinype of a soldier from the American Civil War, depicted seated and holding a Lefaucheux M1858
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.

Service

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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

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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

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  • Colonel Hall Wilson: mustered 12 Dec. 1861, resigned 19 Jan. 1863 because of typhoid and diarrhea.
  • Colonel John McConnell - mustered out October 27, 1865[2]

See also

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Notes

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  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

References

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