12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment

The 12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment was a volunteer cavalry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.^[1]

12th Illinois Cavalry
Illinois flag
Active	February 24, 1862, to May 29, 1866
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry
Engagements	Harpers Ferry Battle of Gettysburg Stoneman's 1863 Raid 12th Cav, Co. H and I (McClellan Dragoons) Peninsula Campaign Seven Days Battle of Antietam Fredericksburg

History

The 12th Cavalry was organized at Camp Butler in February 1862.^[2] It was part of the Army of the Potomac from September 1862 to November 1863; the Department of the Gulf from March 1864 to February 1865; and the Department of Texas from July 1865 to May 1866.^[3]

The 4th Illinois Cavalry was consolidated with the 12th Illinois Cavalry on June 14, 1865.

12th Illinois Cavalry

At the Gettysburg Battlefield, the monument to the unit is west of Gettysburg on Reynolds Avenue between the Railroad Cut and Chambersburg Road. It was dedicated in 1891 by the State of Illinois.^[4]

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 38 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 192 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 234 fatalities.^[5]

Commanders

• Colonel Arno Voss (1861–1864)
• Colonel Hasbrouck Davis (1865) ^[6]

See also

• List of Illinois Civil War Units
• Illinois in the American Civil War

References

1. "12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment". Rootsweb. Archived from the original on May 5, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2006.
2. "John G. Fonda, 2nd and 12th Illinois Cavalry and 118th Illinois Infantry". Rootsweb. Archived from the original on October 18, 2006. Retrieved October 18, 2006.
3. "12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment History". Rootsweb. Archived from the original on January 20, 2005. Retrieved January 20, 2005.
4. "12th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry". Stone Sentinels. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
5. "The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959".
6. "Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls". Rootsweb. Archived from the original on May 19, 2006. Retrieved May 19, 2006.

External links

• "General Julius White".
• "12th Illinois Cavalry Monument". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011.