5th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
- 5th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 5th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
caption=Illinois flag
dates= August 31, 1861 to October 27, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Cavalry
equipment=
battles=
The 5th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 5th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois on August 31, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on October 27, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 28 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 5 officers and 414 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 447 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav1.htm#5th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
Commanders
*Colonel John McConnells - mustered out October 27, 1865 [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav005-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls ]
ee also
*List of Illinois Civil War Units
*Illinois in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]
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