13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry

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13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Illinois flag
Active	October 30, 1861 to August 31, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry

The 13th 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 original eight companies of the 13th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Douglas, Illinois between October 30, 1861 and February 20, 1862. Surviving members of the regiment were consolidated into a battalion of three companies on May 20, 1863. Seven new companies were added to the regiment in February, 1864.

The regiment was mustered out on August 31, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 21 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 360 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 385 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel Joseph W. Bell - mustered out May 20, 1863.^[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#13th 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/cav011-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive