1st Ohio Cavalry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, August 17-October 30, 1861. Left State for Louisville, Ky., December 9, 1861. Attached to 1st Division, Army Ohio, to October, 1862. (Cos. "F," "I," "K," "L" and "M" attached to 5th Division, Army Ohio, May to October, 1862.) Zahm's 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. (Cos. "F," "I," "K," "L" and "M" attached to 2nd Corps, Army Ohio, to November, 1862.) 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, to May, 1865. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, and Dept. of Georgia, to September, 1865.

SERVICE.--Company "B" was at Headquarters of Gen. Mitchel in Kentucky October to December, 1861. Action at West Liberty, Ky., October 23. Rejoined Regiment at Louisville, Ky., December, 1861. Operations near Greensburg and Lebanon, Ky., January 28-February 2, 1862. Moved to Louisville, Ky., February 14, thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 28-March 3. Advance on Columbia March 14-15. Near Columbia March 15. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 28-April 7, thence moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Reconnaissance toward Carrollville and Baldwyn June 3. Skirmish at Blackland June 3. Osborn's and Wolf Creeks, near Blackland, June 4 (Cos. "E," "I" and "M"). Guard duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad until August. Near Russellsville July 3 (Cos. "B" and "G"). Expedition to Decatur, Ala., July 12-16 (Detachment). Near Davis Gap July 12 (Detachment). Near Decatur July 15 (Co. "I"). Pond Springs July 24. Courtland and Trinity July 25 (Detachment). Moved to Dechard, Tenn., August 1. Salem August 6. Scout to Fayetteville August 17-20. March to Louisville. Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 25. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-22. Cedar Church, near Shepherdstown, October 3.

• October 4, 1862 - Skirmish at Bardstown Pike, Kentucky
• October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
• October 10-22 - Pursuit from Perryville to London, Kentucky

Harrodsburg October 13. Stanford October 14. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7. Duty there until December 26. Franklin December 12 and 26. Reconnaissance from Rural Hill December 20. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Nolinsville December 26. Near Murfreesboro December 29-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Overall's Creek December 31, 1862. Shelbyville Pike January 5. Duty at Lavergne until June. Reconnaissance from Lavergne May 12. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Moore's Ford, Elk River, July 2. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Expedition to Huntsville July 13-22.

• August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
  • Reconnaissance from Stevenson to Trenton, Ga., August 28-31.
  • Reconnaissance from Winston's Gap to Broomtown Valley September 5.
  • September 3, 1863 - Skirmish at Alpine, Georgia
  • September 8, 1863 - Action at Alpine, Georgia
  • September 10, 1863 - Reconnaissances from Alpine, Georgia
  • Alpine September 11.
  • September 19-September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• Cotton Port Ford, Tennessee River, September 30.
• Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-October 17.
• Greenville October 2.
• McMinnville October 4.
• Farmington October 7.
• Sim's Farm, near Shelbyville, October 7.
• At Paint Rock until November 18.
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
  • Raid on East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad November 24-27.
• Charleston November 26.
• Cleveland November 27.
• March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 8.
• Near Loudoun December 2.
• Expedition to Murphey, N. C., December 6-11.
• Charleston and Calhoun December 28.

Regiment reenlisted January 4, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864 (Non-Veterans). Near Dalton February 23. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Tunnel Hill February 25. Buzzard's Roost February 27.

• May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • Decatur, Ala.. May 26.
  • Courtland Road, Ala., May 26.
  • Pond Springs, near Courtland, May 27.
  • Moulton May 28-29.
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • McAffee's Cross Roads June 11.
  • Noonday Creek June 15-19 and 27.
  • Kenesaw Mountain June 21.
  • Near Marietta June 23.
  • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
  • Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
  • Rottenwood Creek July 4.
  • Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
  • Raid to Covington July 22-24.
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Garrard's Raid to South River July 27-31.
  • Flat Rock Bridge and Lithonia July 28.
  • August 18-22, 1864 - Kilpatrick's Raid around Atlanta, Georgia
  • Flint River and Red Oak August 19.
  • Jonesborough August 19.
  • Lovejoy Station August 20.
  • Operations at Chattahoochee River Bridge August 26-September 2.
  • Occupation of Atlanta September 2.
• Operations against Hood and Forest in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3.

Near Lost Mountain October 4-7. New Hope Church October 5. Dallas October 7. Rome October 10-11. Narrows November 11. Coosaville Road, near Rome, November 13. Near Summerville October 18. Little River October 20. Blue Pond and Leesburg October 21. Coosa River October 25. Ladiga, Terrapin Creek, October 28. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., and, duty there until December. Ordered to Gravelly Springs, Ala., December 28, and duty there until March, 1865. Wilson's Raid to Macon, Ga., March 22-April 24. Near Montevallo March 31. Ebenezer Church April 1. Selma April 2. Montgomery April 12-13. Crawford and Girard April. Columbus and West Point April 16. Capture of Macon April 20. Irwinsville, Ga., May 10. Capture of Jeff Davis. Duty in Georgia and South Carolina until September. Mustered out September 13, 1865.

Companies "A" and "C" ordered to West Virginia September 17, 1861. Attached to Army of Occupation, West Virginia, to October, 1861. Cheat Mountain District. West Virginia, to January, 1862. Landers' Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862. Cavalry, Shields' Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. Headquarters 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Price's Cavalry Brigade, Military District of Washington, D.C., to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Stahel's Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1863. Headquarters 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December, 1863. Defenses of Washington, D.C., to January, 1864. Participating in skirmish at Bloomery Gap, Va., February 4, 1862. Advance on Winchester March 7-15.

• March 23, 1862 - Battle of Winchester, Virginia

Occupation of Mr. Jackson April 17. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Catlett's Station August 22. Centreville August 27-28. Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Chantilly September 1. Duty in Defenses of Washington until June, 1863. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3, 1863.

• July 4, 1863 - Action at Monterey Gap, Pennsylvania

Emmettsburg July 5. Hagerstown July 6-12. Falling Waters July 14. Hartwood Church August 28. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Hartwood Church November 5. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. In Defenses of Washington, D.C., until January, 1864, when rejoined Regiment.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 45 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 150 Enlisted men by disease. Total 204.

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 700, 701, 703, 715, 717, 732, 733, 828, 860, 866, 897, 1472-1473)