6th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
- 6th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 6th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
caption=Illinois flag
dates= November 19, 1861 to November 20, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Cavalry
equipment=
battles= Siege of Port Hudson
Battle of Nashville
The 6th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 6th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois on November 19, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on November 20, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 5 officers and 60 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 8 officers and 328 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 401 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav1.htm#6th 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 Thomas H. Cavanaugh - resigned March 28, 1862.
*Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson - promoted to brigadier general June 3, 1863.
*Colonel Matthew H. Starr - died of wounds October 1, 1864.
*Colonel John Lynch - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav006-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil 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://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]
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