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

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 lost 1 officer and 31 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 166 enlisted men from disease, for a total of 199 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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