词条 | 17th Illinois Cavalry Regiment |
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|unit_name= 17th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry | image=Flag of Illinois.svg | image_size = 100 |caption=Illinois flag |dates= January 28, 1864, to December 22, 1865 |country= United States |allegiance= Union |branch= Cavalry |equipment= |battles= }} The 17th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. ServiceThe 17th Illinois Cavalry was organized at St. Charles, Illinois, between January 28 and February 12, 1864. A portion of their service was in pursuing the guerrilla Bill Anderson. On 23 September, 1864, they killed Jim Anderson and five other guerrillas near Rocheport, Missouri.[1] 17th Illinois served in the 2nd Brigade of the Provisional Cavalry, while pursuing the Confederates during Price's Raid, under Colonel John Lourie Beveridge, who would later become governor of Illinois. The regiment mustered out between November 23 and December 22, 1865 . Total strength and casualtiesThe regiment suffered 7 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 86 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 94 fatalities.[2] Commanders
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Notes1. ^Alfred D. Morgan Diary - Sep. to Nov. 1864, p. 3 2. ^http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav2.htm#17th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. 3. ^http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav017-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls RosterReferences
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