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4th Illinois Cavalry
in the American Civil War
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4th Illinois Cavalry Soldier Roster - Report of the Adjutant
General of the State of Illinois, Volume 7, Revised by Brigadier General J.N.
Reece, Adjutant General, 1900
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4th Illinois
Cavalry Consolidated Soldier Roster - Report of the Adjutant
General of the State of Illinois, Volume 7, Revised by Brigadier General J.N.
Reece, Adjutant General, 1900
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| Regimental History |
| Fourth Illinois Cavalry.— Cols., T. Lyle Dickey, Martin R. M.
Wallace; Lieut. -Cols., William McCullough, Martin R. M. Wallace,
William L. Gibson; Majs., William McCullough, Charles C. James, Martin
R. M. Wallace, Samuel M. Bowman, William L. Gibson, Mindret Wemple,
Charles D. Townsend. On Sept. 26, 1861, this regiment was mustered into
the U. S. service for three years and soon after took up its line of
march for Springfield, where it received its arms, which were not
removed from their cases, however, until the command arrived at Cairo.
Upon the arrival of the regiment at Cairo it went into camp upon the
highest ground that could be found, where an immense amount of labor was
done by the command in the way of clearing and log rolling before a
decent camp could be arranged. Very shortly after getting settled Co. C
was detached and sent to the Big Muddy as a bridge guard, and Co. A was
detached to serve as escort to Gen. U. S. Grant, in whose service it
continued until Aug., 1863. In Dec. 1861, when the reconnoissance to
Columbus, Ky., was ordered, the regiment moved with the rest of the army
and became the advance body, where it kept its place during the entire
movement. It was slightly engaged at Fort Henry and then pursued the
retreating Confederates toward Fort Donelson, meeting its first loss in
the death of a private in Co. I. The regiment participated in the
battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh, in the movement on Corinth, then
did guard duty in various places until Aug., 1863, when it was ordered
to Vicksburg and remained at that place until the expiration of its term
of service. In the latter part of Oct., 1864, that part of the regiment
that had not reenlisted was ordered home to be mustered out. When the
regiment left Cairo in Feb., 1862, it had about 1,100 men and when it
came back to that point in 1864, it had 340 — the latter being the
number that were mustered out at Springfield in Nov., 1864. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 3
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