McLaughlin's (Independent) Cavalry Squadron

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Mansfield, Ohio, October and November, 1861. Left State for Kentucky November 29, 1861. Attached to 18th Brigade, Army Ohio, to March, 1862. District of Eastern Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Kanawha Division, West Virginia, to November, 1862. District of Eastern Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to June. 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio, to September, 1863. Headquarters 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. Mounted Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Kilpatrick's 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Garfield's Campaign in Eastern Kentucky against Humphrey Marshall December 23, 1861, to January 30, 1862. Garfield's Expedition to the Big Sandy September 23-30, 1861. Advance on Paintsville December 31, 1861, to January 8, 1862. Action at Jennies January 7, 1862. Occupation of Paintsville January 8. Abbott's Hill January 9. Middle Creek January 10. Prestonburg January 11. Expedition to the Little Sandy January 24-30. Expedition to Pound Gap, Cumberland Mountains, March 14-17. Action at Pound Gap March 16. Duty at Piketown until June. Moved to Prestonburg, thence to Louisa, Ky., July 15. Duty at Louisa until December. Operations in District of Eastern Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to August, 1863. Skirmishes near Louisa March 25-26, 1863. Expedition from Beaver Creek into Southwest Virginia July 3-11. Capture of Abingdon, Va., July 5. Action at Gladesville, Va., July 7. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. Escort and picket duty at Knoxville until January 10, 1864. Near Loudoun November 14. Siege of Knoxville, Tenn., November 17-December 5. Moved to Nicholasville, Ky. Duty there and in Kentucky until June. Moved to Join Stoneman June 13-19. Join Sherman's Army near Big Shanty, Ga., June 26.

• June 26-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
  • On line of the Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
  • Stoneman's Raid to Macon July 27-August 6.
  • Macon and Clinton July 30.
  • Hillsborough July 30-31.
  • Sunshine Church August 3.
  • Jug Tavern and Mulberry Creek August 3.
  • August 11-September 3, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
• November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
  • Bear Creek Station November 16.
  • East Macon and Walnut Creek November 20.
  • Waynesboro November 27-28.
  • Buckhead Creek, or Reynolds' Plantation, November 28.
  • Rocky Creek Church December 2.
  • Waynesboro December 4.
  • Ebenezer Creek December 8.
  • December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
• January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • Aiken and Blackville, S.C., February 11.
  • North Edisto River February 12-13.
  • Phillips Cross Roads, N. C., March 4.
  • Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro.
  • March 16. Bentonville March 19-21.
  • Raleigh April 12-13.
  • Morrisville April 13.
  • Bennett's House April 26.
    • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
• Duty at Concord, N. C., until July.
• Moved to Raleigh and consolidated with 5th Ohio Cavalry July 28, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Squadron lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 49 Enlisted men by disease. Total 50.

Legacy

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 703, 715, 721, 723, 834, 1480)