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13th Illinois Cavalry Regiment

13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry "German Guides"
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ActiveOctober 30, 1861, to August 31, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchCavalry
Illinois U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiments 1861-1865
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12th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment 14th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

The 13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The original eight companies of the 13th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Douglas 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 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 360 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 385 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

  • Colonel Joseph W. Bell - mustered out May 20, 1863.[2]
  • Colonel Albert Erskine

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav011-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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