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{{Infobox Military Unit |unit_name= 6th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry |image=[[Image:Flag of Illinois.svg|100px]] |caption=Illinois flag |dates= November 19, 1861 to November 20, 1865 |country= [[United States]] |allegiance= [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] |branch= [[Cavalry]] |equipment= <!-- Culture and history --> |battles= [[Siege of Port Hudson]]<BR>[[Battle of Nashville]] }} The '''6th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry''' was a [[cavalry]] [[regiment]] that served in the [[Union Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]. ==Service== The 6th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at [[Camp Butler, Illinois]] on November 19, 1861. The regiment was mustered out on November 20, 1865. ==Total strength and casualties== The regiment suffered 5 officers and 60 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 8 officers and 328 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 401 fatalities.<ref>http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav1.htm#6th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. '''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'''. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.</ref> ==Commanders== *Colonel Thomas H. Cavanaugh - resigned March 28, 1862. *Colonel [[Benjamin H. Grierson]] - promoted to [[brigadier general]] June 3, 1863. *Colonel Matthew H. Starr - died of wounds October 1, 1864. *Colonel John Lynch - mustered out with the regiment.<ref>http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav006-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls</ref> ==See also== *[[List of Illinois Civil War Units]] *[[Illinois in the American Civil War]] ==Notes== <references/> ==References== *[http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive] [[Category:Illinois Civil War regiments]] {{AmericanCivilWar-unit-stub}}
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