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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 ...
William Henry Medill was an American major and journalist who was a commander of the 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment during the earlier battles of the American Civil War before dying from wounds after his wound Battle of Williamsport. He was also a compositor of the Chicago Tribune which was edited by his own brother, Joseph Medill.
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 ...
A Sketch of the 8th N.Y. Cavalry, Unwritten History of the Rebellion. published by author, 1888. O'Mara, Daniel A.S. Proceedings of the Associated Survivors of the Fifty-Ninth Reg't, N.Y. Vet. Vols. First Annual Re-Union and Dedication of Monument at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3d, 1889 .
0–9. 1st Illinois Cavalry Regiment; 2nd Illinois Cavalry Regiment; 3rd Illinois Cavalry Regiment; 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment; 5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
The 9th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Chicago, Illinois, on November 30, 1861.. The regiment was mustered out on October 31, 1865, at Selma, Alabama.. Future governor of Minnesota Samuel Rinnah Van Sant served in the regiment, as did future Nebraska governor Albinus Nance and future Wisconsin legislator Stewart J. Bailey.