4th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
- 4th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 4th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
caption=Illinois flag
dates= September 26, 1861 to June 14, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Cavalry
equipment=
battles= Fort Henry
Fort Donelson
Battle of Shiloh
siege of Corinth
The 4th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served
in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 4th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Ottawa, Illinois on September 26, 1861.
It was consolidated with 12th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry on June 14, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 38 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 192 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 234 fatalities. [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.]
Commanders
*Colonel Theophilus Lyle Dickey - resigned February 16, 1863
*Colonel Martin R. Wallace - mustered out November 3, 1864 [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav004-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls ]
ee also
*List of Illinois Civil War Units
*Illinois in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://4thillinoiscavalry.tripod.com/ Home of the 4th Illinois Cavalry by: Ronald Roy Wallace]
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]
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