4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
Dates:	September 26, 1861, to June 14, 1865
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Cavalry
Battles:	Fort Henry Fort Donelson Battle of Shiloh Siege of Corinth Battle of Coffeeville Battle of Egypt Station

The 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 4th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was mustered into service at Ottawa, Illinois, on September 26, 1861. It was consolidated with 12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment on June 14, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment lost 1 officer and 31 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 166 enlisted men from disease, for a total of 199 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

• Colonel Theophilus Lyle Dickey - resigned February 16, 1863
• Colonel Martin R. M. Wallace - mustered out November 3, 1864^[2]

See also

• List of Illinois Civil War Units
• Illinois in the American Civil War

References

• "A Horse to Live and a Greyhound to Die: Early Civil War Experiences of Robert and James Thompson" by Bruce Makoto Arnold
• Home of the 4th Illinois Cavalry by: Ronald Roy Wallace
• The Civil War Archive

Notes and References

1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav1.htm#4th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
2. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav004-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls