14th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Encyclopedia
The 14th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry
regiment
that served in the Union Army
during the American Civil War
.
on January 7, 1863. The third battalion was mustered at Peoria on February 6, 1863.
The regiment was mustered out on July 31, 1865.
Cavalry
Cavalry or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the third oldest and the most mobile of the combat arms...
regiment
Regiment
A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...
that served in the Union Army
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
.
Service
The first two battalions of the 14th Illinois Cavalry were mustered into service at Peoria, IllinoisPeoria, Illinois
Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...
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 CapronHorace CapronHorace Capron was an American businessman and agriculturalist, a founder of Laurel, Maryland, a Union officer in the American Civil War, the United States Commissioner of Agriculture under U.S. Presidents Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S...
- resigned January 23, 1865 - Colonel Francis Davison - mustered out with the regiment.