10th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

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10th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
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Active	November 25, 1861 to November 22, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry

The 10th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Commanders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] Service

The 10th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois on November 25, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on November 22, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 1 officers and 24 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 262 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 290 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel James A. Barrett - resigned May 12, 1862.
• Colonel Dudley Wickersham - resigned May 10, 1864.^[2]

[edit] See also

• List of Illinois Civil War Units
• Illinois in the American Civil War

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav2.htm#10th 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/cav009-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive