15th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
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| 15th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry | |
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| Active | December 25, 1862 to August 31, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Cavalry |
The 15th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 15th Illinois Cavalry was organized at Peoria, Illinois and in the field on December 25, 1862 from numerous independent companies of Illinois cavalry.
The non-veteran members of the regiment mustered out on July 31, 1865 and the recruits and veterans were transferred to the 10th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 2 officers and 12 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 122 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 137 fatalities.[1]
[edit] Commanders
- Colonel Warren Stewart - killed in action near Vicksburg, Mississippi on January 23, 1863.
- Colonel George A. Bacon - mustered out with the regiment.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav2.htm#15th 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/cav015-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
