4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment

4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
	Illinois flag
Active	September 26, 1861, to June 14, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry
Engagements	Fort Henry; Fort Donelson; Battle of Shiloh; Siege of Corinth; Battle of Coffeeville; Battle of Egypt Station

Wagoner John M. Moore of Co. K, 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service[]

The 4th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was mustered into service at Ottawa, Illinois, on September 26, 1861. It was consolidated with 12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment on June 14, 1865.

Total strength and casualties[]

The regiment suffered 38 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 192 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 234 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders[]

Colonel Theophilus Lyle Dickey - resigned February 16, 1863
Colonel Martin R. M. Wallace - mustered out November 3, 1864^[2]

Notes[]

^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav1.htm#4th 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/cav004-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References[]

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[1] ttp://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav1.htm#4th 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] ttp://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav004-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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