4th Ohio Cavalry
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Cincinnati, Lima, St. Maryes and Camp Dennison, Ohio, August to November, 1861. Moved to Camp Dennison, Ohio, November 23, thence to Jeffersonville, Ind., December 5, and to Bacon Creek, Ky., December 27. Attached to 3rd Division, Army Ohio, to October. 1862. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 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, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Action at Roan's Tan Yard, Silver Creek, Mo., January 8, 1862.
- Advance on Bowling Green, Ky., February 10-15, 1862.
- February 15, 1862 -
Occupation of Bowling Green, Kentucky
Occupation of Nashville, Tenn., February 23. Action near Nashville March 8-9. Camp Jackson March 24. Reconnaissance to Shelbyville, Tullahoma and McMinnville March 25-28. Capture of Huntsville, Ala., April 11.
Shelbyville Road April 24. Tuscumbia April 25. Bolivar April 28. Pulaski May 11. Watkins' Ferry May 2.
Fayetteville May 14. Elk River May 20. Fayetteville May 26. Whitesburg, Ala., May 29. Huntsville June 4-5. Winchester, Tenn., June 10. Battle Creek June 21. Huntsville July 2. Stevenson, Ala., July 28.
- August 27, 1862 -
Skirmish at Bridgeport, Alabama(detachment)
Fort McCook, Battle Creek, August 27 (Detachment). March to Louisville in pursuit of Bragg August 28-September 26. Huntsville September 1. Tyree Springs September 13. Glasgow, Ky., September 18. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-10.
Frankfort October 9. Pursuit of Bragg from Perryville to Loudon October 10-22. Lexington October 17-18.
Pittman's Cross Roads October 19. Lawrenceburg October 25. Sandersville, Tenn., November 6. Reconnaissance from Rural Hill December 20. Near Nashville, Tenn., December 24. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Franklin December 26. Wilkinson's Cross Roads December 29. 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. Insane Asylum January 3, 1863. Shelbyville Pike January 5.
- February 3-5, 1863
Expedition from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Bradysville March 1. Expedition toward Columbia March 4-14. Rutherford Creek March 10-11. Expedition from Murfreesboro to Auburn, Liberty, Snow Hill, etc., April 2-6. Smith's Ford April 2. Snow Hill, Woodbury and Liberty April 3. Franklin April 10. Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. Reconnaissance to Lavergne May 12. Expedition to Middleton and skirmishes May 21-22. Near Murfreesboro June 3. Expedition to Smithville June 4-5. Snow Hill June 4. Smithville June 5. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Morris Ford, Elk River, July 2. Kelly's Ford July 2. Expedition to Huntsville July 13-22. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.
- August 16-September 22, 1863 -
The Chickamauga Campaign- Reconnaissance from Stevenson, Ala., to Trenton, Ga., August 28-31.
- September 3, 1863 -
Skirmish at Alpine, Georgia - September 8, 1863 -
Action at Alpine, Georgia - September 10, 1863 -
Reconnaissances from Alpine, Georgia - September 19-September 20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-October 17.
- McMinnville October 4.
- Farmington October 7.
- Sim's Farm, near Shelbyville, October 7.
- Farmington October 9.
- Maysville, Ala., November 4.
- Winchester November 22.
- 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. Charleston, Tenn., December 28 (Detachment). Expedition to Murphey, N. C., December 6-11. Expedition from Scottsboro, Ala., toward Rome, Ga., January 25-February 5, 1864. Ringgold, Ga., February 8. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27. Near Dalton February 23-24. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 24-25. Scout to Dedmon's Trace April 10.
- May 1-September 8, 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign- 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.
- Near Marietta June 23.
- Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
- Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
- Rottenwood Creek July 4.
- Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
- July 10, 1864 -
Skirmish at Alpharetta, Georgia - Garrard's Raid to Covington July 22-24.
- July 22-August 15, 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 - Red Oak and Flint River August 19.
- Jonesborough August 19.
- Lovejoy Station August 20.
- Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2.
- Sandtown September 1.
Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., September 21, thence to Louisville November 8, and duty there until January, 1865. Moved to Gravelly Springs, Ala., January 12, and duty there until March. Wilson's Raid to Macon, Ga., March 22-April 24. Selma April 2. Montgomery April 12. Macon April 20. Duty at Macon until May 23, and at Nashville, Tenn., until July. Mustered out July 15, 1865.
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 50 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 169 Enlisted men by disease. Total 225.
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 662, 663, 700, 701, 703, 715, 717, 731, 732, 854, 860, 866, 1475)
