16th New York Cavalry Regiment

16th New York Cavalry Regiment
New York flag
ActiveJune 19, 1863, to August 17, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchCavalry
Nickname(s)Sprague Light Cavalry
Engagements
American Civil War
New York U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiments 1861-1865
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Sergeant Boston Corbett, 16th New York Cavalry, who shot John Wilkes Booth, April 26, 1865. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Photograph by Mathew Brady

The 16th New York Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. A detachment of the 16th New York had the distinction of killing Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth and apprehending accomplice David Herold.