14th Illinois Cavalry Regiment

14th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Flag of Illinois.svg 100 Illinois flag January 7, 1863, to August 31, 1865 United States Union Cavalry Battle of Buffington IslandSiege of KnoxvilleBattle of Nashville Illinois U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiments 1861-1865 13th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment 15th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment thumb|right|John W. January, veteran of Co. B, 14th Illinois Cavalry Regiment. He was a prisoner of war at Andersonville, Georgia, and lost his feet from scurvy and gangrene. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress The 14th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The first two battalions of the 14th Illinois Cavalry were mustered into service at Peoria, Illinois, 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.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilcav2.htm#14th 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 Horace Capron - resigned January 23, 1865 Colonel Francis Davison - mustered out with the regiment.http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/cav014-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:1863 establishments in Illinois Category:Military units and formations established in 1863 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865