17th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
- 17th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 17th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
caption=Illinois flag
dates= January 28, 1864 to December 22, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Cavalry
equipment=
battles=
The 17th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 17th Illinois Cavalry was organized at St. Charles, Illinois between January 28 and February 12 1864.
The regiment mustered out between November 23 and December 22 1865 .
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 7 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 86 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 94 fatalities. [ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav2.htm#17th 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 John L. Beveridge - mustered out February 7, 1866. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav017-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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