13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
- 13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
caption=Illinois flag
dates= October 30, 1861 to August 31, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Cavalry
equipment=
battles=
The 13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The original eight companies of the 13th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Douglas, Illinois between October 30, 1861 and February 20, 1862. Surviving members of the regiment were consolidated into a battalion of three companies on May 20, 1863. Seven new companies were added to the regiment in February, 1864.
The regiment was mustered out on August 31, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 21 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 360 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 385 fatalities. [ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav2.htm#13th 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 Joseph W. Bell - mustered out May 20, 1863. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav011-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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