11th Illinois Cavalry Regiment

11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Flag of Illinois.svg 100 Illinois flag December 20, 1861, to September 30, 1865 United States Union Cavalry Battle of ShilohBattle of CorinthBattle of LexingtonBattle of Egypt Station Illinois U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiments 1861-1865 10th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment 12th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment The 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was raised by orator Robert Green Ingersoll, who became its first colonel, and Basile D. Weeks. Service The 11th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Peoria, Illinois, on December 20, 1861. The regiment was mustered out on September 30, 1865. Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered the loss of two officers and 32 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds in addition to eight officers and 237 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 279 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav2.htm#11th 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 Robert Green Ingersoll - resigned June 30, 1863, after his capture on December 18, 1862, at the Battle of Lexington, Tennessee, and subsequent parole. Colonel Lucien H. Kerr - mustered out December 19, 1864. Colonel Otto Funke - mustered out with the regiment.http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav011-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 Notes References The Civil War Archive Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Illinois Category:Peoria, Illinois Category:1861 establishments in Illinois Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865