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The 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment served the duration of the war, and was the only Illinois cavalry regiment to serve the entire war in the Army of the Potomac. They also aided in the hunt for John Wilkes Booth and served as President Lincoln's ...
8th Illinois Infantry Regiment (National Guard), of the Spanish American War and World War I, when it became the United States' 370th Infantry Regiment Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about military units and formations which are associated with the same title.
5th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry; 6th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry; 7th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry; 8th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry; 9th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry; 10th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry; 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry; 12th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry; 13th Regiment ...
[a] [1] [2] The 1860 U.S. census identifies him as the son of head-of-household Horace Capron in Peoria, Illinois. [3] He joined the 8th Illinois Cavalry at Peoria as a corporal in September 1861, and was promoted to sergeant in 1862. [4] He was later commissioned as a first lieutenant of the 14th Illinois Cavalry, his father's regiment. [5]
He moved to Illinois in 1850 and graduated from Knox College (Illinois) in 1854. [1] He was a teacher until the outbreak of the American Civil War when in early 1861 he joined the District of Columbia Militia as a private. [1] On September 18, 1861, he was appointed a captain of the 8th Illinois Cavalry and promoted to major the same day. [1]
Forsyth enlisted on April 19, 1861, as a private in Barker's Company, Chicago Volunteer Dragoons (a 3-month regiment) and mustered out on August 18, 1861.. He received a commission as a first lieutenant in the 8th Illinois Cavalry on September 18, 1861, followed by promotions to captain on February 12, 1862, and major on September 1, 1863.
0–9. 1st Illinois Cavalry Regiment; 2nd Illinois Cavalry Regiment; 3rd Illinois Cavalry Regiment; 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment; 5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
Later, 3–8th and the 4–8th Cavalry were the heavy armor units of the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Armored Division in Gelnhausen, West Germany as a part of the defense of the Fulda Gap. 4–8th Cavalry was the first U.S. unit to win the Canadian Army Trophy (CAT). The 3–8 and 4–8 Cav. were on border guard in the Fulda Gap on 3 October 1990 during ...