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The 8th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
"Eagles of the Potomac"
The 8th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry 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 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 honor guard while he lay in state under the rotunda. Lincoln gave them the nickname of "Farnsworth's Abolitionist Regiment" when he watched them march past the White House.
Heroism in Gettysburg
During the Gettysburg Campaign, the 8th Illinois Cavalry was in the division of Brig. Gen. John Buford. They deployed west of Gettysburg on June 30, 1863 under the command of Colonel William Gamble, and waited for oncoming Confederates, they arrived early the following morning. The first shot of the subsequent battle was fired by Lieutenant Marcellus E. Jones of Company E, who borrowed a carbine from Sergeant Levi Shafer and fired at an unidentified officer on a gray horse over a half-mile away. The 8th, along with the rest of the brigade, performed a fighting withdrawal towards McPherson's Ridge, delaying the Confederate division of Henry Heth for several hours and allowing the Union I Corps to arrive.
The 8th Illinois Cavalry held off the Confederates with such a positive attitude. They had the will, the courage, and the strength to hold of thousands of Confederates while they them self's only had a few. If Buford had not arrived at Gettysburg with the 8th Illinois Cavalry and set a defensive position to stop Lee's Army from digging into the hills and fortifying them heavily, then the entire battle would have been a massacre for the Union.
The 8th Illinois Cavalry held off the Confederates with such a positive attitude. They had the will, the courage, and the strength to hold of thousands of Confederates while they them self's only had a few. If Buford had not arrived at Gettysburg with the 8th Illinois Cavalry and set a defensive position to stop Lee's Army from digging into the hills and fortifying them heavily, then the entire battle would have been a massacre for the Union.
Engagements
Battle of Williamsburg
Battle of Fair Oaks
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Stoneman's Raid
Battle of Brandy Station
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Monocacy
Battle of Opequon
Ranks
Private- (Pvt)
Veteran (Vet)
Corporal- (Cpl)
Sergeant- (Sgt)
First Sergeant- (1st_Sg)
Sergeant Major- (Sgt_Maj)
Second Lieutenant- (2nd_Lt)
First Lieutenant- (1st_Lt)
Captain- (Cpt)
Major- (Maj)
Lieutenant Colonel- (LtCol)
Colonel- (Col)
Roster
RECRUITING
Officers
Colonel ValdorSecond Lieutenant Hobbes
Cavalry Men
Sergeant MapleLeaf
Private Stylish
Private Zoltan
Private Emperor
Private Splinter129
Volunteer Aronsen
Volunteer Ograv
Volunteer Mocotaugun
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