4th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry

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Brief History
The 4th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry was organized at Ottawa, Illinois, and mustered in September 26, 1861. It was consolidated with 14th Illinois Cavalry June 14, 1865.

For more information on the history of this unit, see:


 * The Civil War Archive section, 4th Regiment Cavalry, (accessed 13 June 2012).
 * The Wikipedia article, 4th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry (accessed 11 June 2012).

Companies in this Regiment with County of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

The following counties of origin are taken from the Adjutant General's Report, found on the Illinois Civil War Rosters web site. Roster pages are from the same report found on the Internet Archives web site. The rosters show the men who served in each regiment, their residences, dates of enlistment and mustering out, and other remarks.


 * Company A (Also known as Grant's Escort) - many men from Cook County and LaSalle County - Cook and LaSalle county web sites -


 * Company B - many men from Cook County and LaSalle County (Also known as Carrnichael's Cavalry Company) - Cook and LaSalle county web sites -


 * Company C (Also known as Dollins' Cavalry Company) - many men from Kendall County - Kendall County web site -


 * Company D (Also known as Quinby's Escort) - many men from Will County and Ogle County - Will and Ogle county web sites -


 * Company E - many men from Putnam County - Putnam County web site -


 * Company F - many men from Vermilion County - Vermilion County web site -


 * Company G - many men from McLean County and Woodford County - McLean and Woodford county web sites -


 * Company H - many men from Logan County and Tazewell County - Logan and Tazewell county web sites -


 * Company I - many men from LaSalle County - LaSalle County web site -


 * Company K - many men from Kankakee County - Kankakee County web site -


 * Company L - many men from DeWitt County and McLean County - DeWitt and McLean county web sites -


 * Company M - many men from Rock Island County - Rock Island County web site -

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2,622 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

Other Sources

 * 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, (accessed 2 September 2011) has company rosters and histories.


 * Illinois Civil War Rosters from the Adjutant General's Report, 4th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry (accessed 10 May 2011) includes rosters of all the regiments and information on the different companies in each regiment.


 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Illinois in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Illinois in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Illinois, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Young, Jesse Bowman. What a boy -- saw in the army : a story of sight-seeing and adventure in the war for the Union. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1992),