16th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
| 16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry | |
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 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 |
| Illinois U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiments 1861-1865 | ||||
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The 16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
[edit]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 .
Total strength and casualties
[edit]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]
Commanders
[edit]Notable members
[edit]- George P. McLain (1847–1930), Los Angeles, California, City Council member at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries
- Sgt Paul Vandervoort, Company M - 11th Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1882-1883
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav016-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
References
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