Ironside (cavalry) Ironside (cavalry) The Ironsides were troopers in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War. The name came from "Old Ironsides", one of Cromwell's nicknames. Cromwell first mustered a troop of cavalry (then referred to as "horse") at Huntingdon in Huntingdonshire, on 29 August 1642, early in the Civil War. John Desborough was quartermaster. The troop was late in being organised, and arrived too late to participate in the Battle of Edgehill, the first pitched battle of the war. Cromwell however did witness the defeat of the Parliamentarian horse
11th Illinois Cavalry Regiment died of disease, for a total of 279 fatalities. 11th Illinois Cavalry Regiment The 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was raised by orator Robert Green Ingersoll, who became its first colonel, and Basile D. Weeks. The 11th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Peoria, Illinois, on December 20, 1861. The regiment was mustered out on September 30, 1865. The regiment suffered the loss of 2 officers and 32 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds in