In November 1863, he received approval to raise his own regiment, the 17th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry and was elevated to the rank of Major.
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John Lourie Beveridge (Greenwich, New York July 6, 1824 – May 3, 1910 Los Angeles) was the 16th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1873 to 1877.
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Beveridge initially served with Farnsworth in the 8th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry.
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He also approved the Illinois School for the Deaf, Illinois School for the Blind, Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane and restorations of the Northern Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane, Illinois Central Hospital for the Insane, Illinois Soldiers' Orphans' Home and Anna State Hospital.
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Beveridge previously served in the Army during the American Civil War, becoming Colonel of the 17th Illinois Cavalry in 1864.
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