15th Illinois Cavalry Monument - Vicksburg National Military Park - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

15th Illinois Cavalry has this one marker on the Battlefield and it is in a grassy area in front of the Pemberton Plaza along Pemberton Square Boulevard.

The 15th Illinois Cavalry was organized at Aurora, Kane Co., Illinois on 2 Aug 1861 by Captain Albert Jenkins and was mustered in 23 September 1861 as Cavalry, attached to the Thirty-Sixth Illinois Volunteers.

During their three years of service, the 15th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment saw action in Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. A list of battle and campaigns they were engaged in include: Sherman's March to the Sea, Siege of Vicksburg, Siege of Corinth, Siege of Belmont, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Shiloh, Battle of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, Battle of Resaca, Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Battle of Perryville, Battle of Stones River, Tullahoma Campaign, Atlanta Campaign, Campaign of the Carolinas, Central Mississippi Campaign, New Madrid and Island #10 Campaign,and the Chattanooga Campaign.

The regiment suffered 2 officers and 12 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 122 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 137 fatalities.

Text on the front of the marker:

15th CAVALRY
CCOMPANIES F & I
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Maj. James G. Wilson
4th Div. 16th Corps
Entered Campaign about
May 20, 1863
Served on Reconnaisance
and Outpost Duty during the siege.

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From the NRHP nomination form:

	Structure Number:	HS-258
	LCS ID:	003620

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Historical Significance:

	National Register Status:	Entered - Documented
	National Register Date:	12/09/1977
	National Historic Landmark?:	No
	Significance Level:	Contributing
	Short Significance Description:	The monument contributes to the national significance of the park under NR Criteria A because it represents the national movement among veterans and related groups to commemorate and mark major Civil War battlefields.

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Short Physical Description5' x 4'2" x 6'6", gray granite monument has double step base supporting an obelisk. ILLINOIS is in raised polished letters on 2nd step; face of obelisk is polished and inscribed with unit designation, commanders, campaign record.

Material(s)

Structural Component(s) Material(s) 1.  Substructure Concrete 2.  Superstructure Granite

Construction Period:	Historic
Chronology:	Physical Event Begin Year Begin Year AD/BC End Year End Year AD/BC Designer Designer Occupation 1.  Built 1905 AD     Jenney, Mundie and Jensen Architect

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My Sources
1. Wikipedia - 15th Illinois Cavalry
2. Wikipedia - Siege of Vicksburg
3. The Civil War Home - The Vicksburg Campaign - Union Order of Battle
4. National Register Application - NRHP

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