6th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
| 6th Illinois Cavalry Regiment | |
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 Illinois flag | |
| Active | November 19, 1861, to November 20, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Cavalry |
| Engagements | Siege of Port Hudson Battle of Nashville |
| Illinois U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiments 1861-1865 | ||||
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The 6th Illinois Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
[edit]The 6th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois, on November 19, 1861. The regiment mustered out on November 20, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
[edit]The regiment suffered 5 officers and 60 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 8 officers and 328 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 401 fatalities.[1]
Personnel
[edit]- Major Arno Voss – reassigned to 12th Illinois Cavalry February 1, 1862
- Colonel Thomas H. Cavanaugh – resigned March 28, 1862.
- Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson – promoted to brigadier general June 3, 1863.
- Colonel Matthew H. Starr – died of wounds October 1, 1864.
- Colonel John Lynch – mustered out with the regiment.[2]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav1.htm#6th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
- ^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav006-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
References
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