16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry

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16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Illinois flag
Active	December 25, 1862 to August 31, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry
Engagements	Battle of Resaca Siege of Atlanta Battle of Franklin Battle of Nashville

The 16th 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 16th Illinois Cavalry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois between January and April 1863 from numerous independent companies of Illinois cavalry.

The regiment mustered out on August 19, 1865 .

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 3 officers and 30 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 228 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 262 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel Christian Thielemann - discharged August 9, 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#16th 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/cav016-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive