9th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
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| 9th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry | |
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| Active | November 30, 1861 to October 31, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Cavalry |
| Engagements | Battle of Nashville |
The 9th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 9th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Chicago, Illinois on November 30, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on October 31, 1865 at Selma, Alabama.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 1 officers and 45 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 6 officers and 241 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 293 fatalities.[1]
[edit] Commanders
- Colonel Albert G. Brackett - mustered out on October 26, 1864
- Colonel Joseph W. Harper - mustered out with the regiment.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav1.htm#9th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
- ^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav009-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
