Illinois Regiments at Gettysburg

A tribute to the three regiments – the 8th Illinois Cavalry, 12th Illinois Cavalry, and 82nd Illinois Infantry – that represented the Prairie State in the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1st-3rd, 1863

Timestamps:
0:00 - 8th Illinois Cavalry
20:04 - 12th Illinois Cavalry
27:52 - 82nd Illinois Infantry
36:56 - Gettysburg

Each soldier's rank, marital status, and other information is meant to describe his life as of July 1, 1863, when the Battle of Gettysburg began. However, the pictures could come from any point in the soldier's life. I researched these men’s lives to the best of my ability, but I frequently found that various sources provided conflicting information about name spelling, years of life, place of birth, etc. There are many soldiers I left out because I could not confirm that they were present for the Battle of Gettysburg or because I could not find an adequate picture of them.

References:

8th Illinois Cavalry Roster of Troopers Present for Duty on June 30, 1863 https://docs.google.com/document/d/110sRFLQDJZyUkRUsFD99EBehLFwvRuS8aubz-9wHdxQ/edit

82nd Illinois Infantry Gettysburg Casualties https://82ndillinoisinfantry.yolasite.com/resources/Gettysburg%20Casualties%20Sheet1.pdf

Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls https://apps.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilmustersrch.jsp

The Shapell Roster of Jewish Service in the American Civil War https://www.shapell.org/roster/

Benjaminson, Eric. “A Regiment of Immigrants: The 82nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry and the Letters of Captain Rudolph Mueller.” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1998-), vol. 94, no. 2, 2001, pp. 137–80. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40193360

History of the Eighth Cavalry Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, During the Great Rebellion by Abner Hard https://archive.org/details/historyofeighthc00hard/mode/2up

Illinois Monuments at Gettysburg https://archive.org/details/illinoismonument00beve/mode/2up

My American Experiences by Emil Frey https://archive.org/details/jstor-25103271/mode/2up

The American Jew as Patriot, Soldier, and Citizen https://archive.org/details/americanjewaspa02wolfgoog/mode/2up

Memorials of Deceased Companions of the Commandery of the State of Illinois, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States https://archive.org/details/memorialsofdeceav1mili/memorialsofdeceav1mili/mode/2up

A History of the Norwegians of Illinois https://archive.org/details/historyofnorwegi0000aest/mode/2up

Salomon, Edward. “Gettysburg.” January 17, 1912. Civil War Papers of the California Commandery and the Oregon Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

Chicago Tribune Nov. 22, 1863 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84031490/1863-11-22/ed-1/seq-1/

Chicago Sunday Tribune Aug. 22, 1943 https://archive.org/details/per_chicago-daily-tribune_1943-08-22_102_34/page/n57/mode/2up?q=medill

ancestry.com, fold3.com, newspapers.com, findagrave.com

Attribution:
8th Illinois Cavalry Monument photo by Veggies https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70867924
First Shot Marker photo by Lpockras - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17181890
12th Illinois Cavalry Monument photo by Veggies https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70867940
82nd Illinois Infantry Monument photo by Veggies https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71608493
All 4 photos altered (color change and soft edges)
"American Frontiers" music by Aaron Kenny (lengthened)
"Americana - Aspiring" music by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200092
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

S.D.G.