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12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment

12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment

Union Army military unit in the American Civil War

The 12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment was a volunteer cavalry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.[1]

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History

The 12th Cavalry was organized at Camp Butler in February 1862.[2] It was part of the Army of the Potomac from September 1862 to November 1863; the Department of the Gulf from March 1864 to February 1865; and the Department of Texas from July 1865 to May 1866.[3]

The 4th Illinois Cavalry was consolidated with the 12th Illinois Cavalry on June 14, 1865.

12th Illinois Cavalry

At the Gettysburg Battlefield, the monument to the unit is west of Gettysburg on Reynolds Avenue between the Railroad Cut and Chambersburg Road. It was dedicated in 1891 by the State of Illinois.[4]

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.[5]

Commanders

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment". Rootsweb. Archived from the original on May 5, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2006.
  2. [2]
    "John G. Fonda, 2nd and 12th Illinois Cavalry and 118th Illinois Infantry". Rootsweb. Archived from the original on October 18, 2006. Retrieved October 18, 2006.
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    "12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment History". Rootsweb. Archived from the original on January 20, 2005. Retrieved January 20, 2005.
  4. [4]
    "12th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry". Stone Sentinels. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  5. [5]
    "The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959".
  6. [6]
    "Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls". Rootsweb. Archived from the original on May 19, 2006. Retrieved May 19, 2006.
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