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16th Illinois Cav CDV- Period ink signed on the front J.P.
Rieser. no back mark but sporting a 2 cent revenue stamp.
$125.00
John Rieser
Residence St Louis MO;
Enlisted on 11/12/1862 as a 2nd Lieutenant.
On 11/12/1862 he was commissioned into "E" Co. IL 16th
Cavalry
He Resigned on 5/21/1863
ILLINOIS
16TH CAVALRY
(Three Years)
Sixteenth Cavalry.-Col., Christian Thielemann; Lieut.-
Cols., Robert W. Smith, Nathan C. Goodenow; Majs.,
Christian Thielemann, Friedrich Schambeck, Charles H.
Beers, Milo Thielemann, Hiram S. Hanchett, John Hoffman,
Francis Jackson. This regiment was composed principally of
Chicago men, Thielemann's and Schambeck's cavalry
companies, raised at the outset of the war, forming the
nucleus of the organization.
The former company served as Gen. Sherman's body guard
for some time. On June 11, 1863, the regimental organization
was completed, and mustered in for three years, and in
October the regiment was ordered to Knoxville, Tenn.,
where a portion of it participated in the defense of that place
in November and December. On Jan. 3, 1864, a detachment
under Maj. Beers was attacked by three of Longstreet's
brigades and after maintaining its ground for 10 hours
against five times its own number, losing heavily in killed and
wounded, its ammunition gave out and it was compelled to
surrender. The loss of the regiment upon this occasion was
356 men and 56 officers.
The remainder of the regiment arrived at Red Clay, Ga.,
May 10, and on the 12th, was engaged in the battle of
Varnell's station, where it lost 1 officer wounded and
captured, and 12 men. It was then on duty almost every day
from that time until after the fall of Atlanta-a period of
nearly four months-during which it participated in the
battles of Rocky Face ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca,
Kingston, Cassville, Cartersville, Allatoona, Kennesaw and
Lost mountains, Powder springs, Chattahoochee river, and
various engagements in front of Atlanta and Jonesboro. On
the retreat before Hood from Florence, it kept up a running
fight with the enemy for three days and nights, until it
reached Columbia. In a 6 hours' engagement at Duck river
the regiment held its position triumphantly against a vastly
superior force of the Confederates until dusk. It next
participated in the battle of Franklin and in various
skirmishes between there and Nashville. It engaged in the
two days' battle at the latter place, and in the pursuit of the
enemy to the Tennessee river. It remained in Tennessee and
Alabama on scouting duty until July 2, when it was ordered
to Franklin. Tenn., where it remained scouring the country
in all directions until ordered to Nashville for muster out. It
arrived in Chicago on Aug. 23, 1865, for final payment and
discharge. The original force of the regiment was 1,200 men.
It received 100 recruits, and at its discharge could muster
only 285 men, showing a casualty list of nearly 1,000.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 3
Rieser. no back mark but sporting a 2 cent revenue stamp.
$125.00
John Rieser
Residence St Louis MO;
Enlisted on 11/12/1862 as a 2nd Lieutenant.
On 11/12/1862 he was commissioned into "E" Co. IL 16th
Cavalry
He Resigned on 5/21/1863
ILLINOIS
16TH CAVALRY
(Three Years)
Sixteenth Cavalry.-Col., Christian Thielemann; Lieut.-
Cols., Robert W. Smith, Nathan C. Goodenow; Majs.,
Christian Thielemann, Friedrich Schambeck, Charles H.
Beers, Milo Thielemann, Hiram S. Hanchett, John Hoffman,
Francis Jackson. This regiment was composed principally of
Chicago men, Thielemann's and Schambeck's cavalry
companies, raised at the outset of the war, forming the
nucleus of the organization.
The former company served as Gen. Sherman's body guard
for some time. On June 11, 1863, the regimental organization
was completed, and mustered in for three years, and in
October the regiment was ordered to Knoxville, Tenn.,
where a portion of it participated in the defense of that place
in November and December. On Jan. 3, 1864, a detachment
under Maj. Beers was attacked by three of Longstreet's
brigades and after maintaining its ground for 10 hours
against five times its own number, losing heavily in killed and
wounded, its ammunition gave out and it was compelled to
surrender. The loss of the regiment upon this occasion was
356 men and 56 officers.
The remainder of the regiment arrived at Red Clay, Ga.,
May 10, and on the 12th, was engaged in the battle of
Varnell's station, where it lost 1 officer wounded and
captured, and 12 men. It was then on duty almost every day
from that time until after the fall of Atlanta-a period of
nearly four months-during which it participated in the
battles of Rocky Face ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca,
Kingston, Cassville, Cartersville, Allatoona, Kennesaw and
Lost mountains, Powder springs, Chattahoochee river, and
various engagements in front of Atlanta and Jonesboro. On
the retreat before Hood from Florence, it kept up a running
fight with the enemy for three days and nights, until it
reached Columbia. In a 6 hours' engagement at Duck river
the regiment held its position triumphantly against a vastly
superior force of the Confederates until dusk. It next
participated in the battle of Franklin and in various
skirmishes between there and Nashville. It engaged in the
two days' battle at the latter place, and in the pursuit of the
enemy to the Tennessee river. It remained in Tennessee and
Alabama on scouting duty until July 2, when it was ordered
to Franklin. Tenn., where it remained scouring the country
in all directions until ordered to Nashville for muster out. It
arrived in Chicago on Aug. 23, 1865, for final payment and
discharge. The original force of the regiment was 1,200 men.
It received 100 recruits, and at its discharge could muster
only 285 men, showing a casualty list of nearly 1,000.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 3
