7th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
- 7th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 7th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
caption=Illinois flag
dates= October 13, 1861 to October 20, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Cavalry
equipment=
battles= Siege of Corinth
Battle of Nashville
The 7th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 7th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois on October 13, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on October 20, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 5 officers and 59 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 267 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 334 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav1.htm#7th 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 William Pitt Kellogg - resigned June 1, 1862
*Colonel Edward Prince - mustered out October 15, {1864.
*Colonel John M. Graham - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav007-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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