15th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
Three Year Service
December 25, 1862 - August 25, 1864
(Consolidated with the 10th Regiment January 27, 1865)

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Battles/Campaigns Engaged in:
Duty in Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi

Cos. F and I: Operations against Vicksburg[Siege of Vicksburg]
Co. H: Operations against Vicksburg[Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Jackson, Champions Hill, Siege of Vicksburg]
Co. K: Tullahoma Campaign, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge (Chattanooga), Atlanta Campaign [Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain], March to the Sea, Campaign of the Carolinas [Bentonville]

(Stewart's Independent Cavalry Battalion, later 15th Cavalry, Cos. A-F): Operations against Vicksburg [Central Mississippi Campaign]

(Stewart's Independent Cavalry Company, later assigned to Stewart's Cavalry Battalion): Forts Henry and Donelson, Shiloh, Siege of Corinth

(Carmichael's Independent Cavalry Company, originaly Cavalry Company B, 29th Illinois Infantry, later Stewart's Battalion, Co. B): Forts Henry and Donelson, Shiloh, Siege of Corinth

(Dollin's Independent Cavalry Company, Organized with 31st Illinois Infantry, later Stewart's Battalion, Co. C): Belmont, Forts Henry and Donelson, Shiloh, Siege of Corinth

(Hutchins' Independent Cavalry Company, Organized with 27th Illinois Infantry, later Stewart's Battalion, Co. E): New Madrid/Island No. 10

(O'Harnett's Independent Cavalry Company, later Stewart's Battalion): Forts Henry and Donelson, Shiloh, Siege of Corinth

(Gilbert's Independent Cavalry Company, Organized with 52d Illinois Infantry, later 12th Cavalry, Co. H, and 15th Cavalry, Co. G): Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Corinth

(Dodson's Kane County Independent Company Cavalry, later 15th Cavalry Co. H): Duty in Missouri and Arkansas

(Jenks' Independent Cavalry Company, later 15th Cavlary, Co. I): Pea Ridge, Iuka, Corinth, Operations against Vicksburg[Central Mississippi Campaign]

(Sherer's Independent Cavalry Company, Organized as Company B Cavalry, 36th Illinois Infantry, later 15th Cavalry, Co. K): Pea Ridge, Perryville, Stone River

(Ford's Independent Cavalry Company, later 15th Cavalry, Co. L): Corinth

Adjutant General's Regiment History

Frederick Dyer's Regimental History

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15th Cavalry Field & Staff	Non-Commissioned Staff	Unassigned Recruits
This Regiment did not have a Band

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Link to Roster

Link to County of Origin

Company A Company B Company C Company D Company E Company F Company G Company H Company I Company K Company L Company M

Alexander County (Also known as Stewart's Independent Cavalry Company, Stewart's Independent Battalion Cavalry-15th Illinois Cavalry, Companies A - F) Massac County (Also known as Carmichael's Cavalry Company) Franklin County (Also known as Dollins' Cavalry Company) Clinton County (Also known as Clinton County Cavalry, O'Harnett's Cavalry Company) Jackson County (Also known as Hutchens' Cavalry Company) Franklin County Kane County (Also known as Gilbert's Cavalry Company) Kane County (Also known as Wilder's Cavalry Company, Steele's Escort, Kane County Cavalry) Kane & Kendall counties (Also known as Jenks' Cavalry Company or Dragoons, Hamilton's Escort, Rosecrans' Escort, Willis' Cavalry Company) Kane County (Also known as Slocum's Escort, Dodson's Cavalry Company, Hooker's Escort, Davis' Escort, Sherer's Cavalry Company Dragoons, Smith's Cavalry Company, Williams' Escort) LaSalle & Bureau counties (Also known as Ford's Cavalry Company, Grant's Escort) Winnebago County

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