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12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment

The 12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment was a volunteer cavalry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.[1]

12th Illinois Cavalry
Illinois flag
ActiveFebruary 24, 1862, to May 29, 1866
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchCavalry
EngagementsHarpers Ferry
Battle of Gettysburg
Stoneman's 1863 Raid
12th Cav, Co. H and I (McClellan Dragoons)
Peninsula Campaign
Seven Days
Battle of Antietam
Fredericksburg

History edit

The 12th Cavalry was organized at Camp Butler in February 1862.[2] It was part of the Army of the Potomac from September 1862 to November 1863; the Department of the Gulf from March 1864 to February 1865; and the Department of Texas from July 1865 to May 1866.[3]

The 4th Illinois Cavalry was consolidated with the 12th Illinois Cavalry on June 14, 1865.

 
12th Illinois Cavalry

At the Gettysburg Battlefield, the monument to the unit is west of Gettysburg on Reynolds Avenue between the Railroad Cut and Chambersburg Road. It was dedicated in 1891 by the State of Illinois.[4]

Total strength and casualties edit

The regiment suffered 38 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 192 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 234 fatalities.[5]

Commanders edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ . Rootsweb. Archived from the original on May 5, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2006.
  2. ^ . Rootsweb. Archived from the original on October 18, 2006. Retrieved October 18, 2006.
  3. ^ . Rootsweb. Archived from the original on January 20, 2005. Retrieved January 20, 2005.
  4. ^ "12th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry". Stone Sentinels. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  5. ^ "The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959".
  6. ^ . Rootsweb. Archived from the original on May 19, 2006. Retrieved May 19, 2006.

External links edit

  • "General Julius White".
  • . Archived from the original on July 17, 2011.

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