7th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
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| 7th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry | |
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| Active | October 13, 1861 to October 20, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Cavalry |
| Engagements | Siege of Corinth Battle of Nashville |
The 7th 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 7th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois on October 13, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on October 20, 1865.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 5 officers and 59 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 267 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 334 fatalities.[1]
[edit] Commanders
- Colonel William Pitt Kellogg - resigned June 1, 1862
- Colonel Edward Prince - mustered out October 15, {1864.
- Colonel John M. Graham - mustered out with the regiment.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav1.htm#7th 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/cav007-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
