11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry

11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry

Illinois flag
Active December 20, 1861, to September 30, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Cavalry
Engagements Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Corinth

The 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was raised by orator Robert Green Ingersoll, who became its first colonel, and Basile D. Weeks.

Service

The 11th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Peoria, Illinois, on December 20, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on September 30, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered the loss of 2 officers and 32 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds in addition to 8 officers and 237 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 279 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

See also

Notes

  1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav2.htm#11th 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

References


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