The 14th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a
cavalry
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army
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during the
American Civil War
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.
Service
The first two battalions of the 14th Illinois Cavalry were mustered into service at
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria ( ) is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and the largest city on the Illinois River. As of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, the city had a population of 113,150. It is the principal city of the Peoria ...
, on January 7, 1863. The third battalion was mustered at Peoria on February 6, 1863.
The regiment was mustered out on July 31, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 2 officers and 23 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 190 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 215 fatalities.
Commanders
*Colonel
Horace Capron
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- resigned January 23, 1865
*Colonel Francis Davison - mustered out with the regiment.
[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav014-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls]
See also
*
List of Illinois Civil War Units
*
Illinois in the American Civil War
During the American Civil War, the state of Illinois was a major source of troops for the Union Army (particularly for those armies serving in the Western Theater of the Civil War), and of military supplies, food, and clothing. Situated near majo ...
Notes
References
The Civil War Archive
Units and formations of the Union Army from Illinois
Peoria, Illinois
1863 establishments in Illinois
Military units and formations established in 1863
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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