6th Ohio Cavalry The 6th Regiment Cavalry , Ohio Volunteers , known in the vernacular as the 6th Ohio Cavalry , was a cavalry regiment of the Union Army , which was raised in ten counties in northeastern and north - central Ohio for service during the American Civil War . It served primarily in the Eastern Theater in several major campaigns of the Army of the Potomac and was particularly active during the Gettysburg Campaign of 1863 . Organization and early service . The 6th Cavalry Regiment was commissioned for a three year term . It was organized at Camp Hutchinson in Warren , Ohio , on October 7 , 1861 , and first served under Colonel William R . Lloyd . The regiment was on duty in Warren until January 1862 , and was then garrisoned at Camp Chase and Camp Dennison until May 1862 . The troopers were given their horses while stationed at Camp Dennison , after which the officers led the men in mounted cavalry drills . Following completion of training , the regiment moved to Wheeling , West Virginia on May 13 and then to Strasburg , Virginia to join Major General John C . Fremont ' s army in the Shenandoah Valley . The regiment was attached to the Mountain Department until June 1862 and participated in several engagements with the Confederates , first seeing combat at the Battle of Woodstock on June 2 . Other battles during this period included Cross Keys and Cedar Mountain . In late June , the regiment moved to the Virginia Peninsula and became part of the 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , 1st Corps , Pope ' s Army of Virginia until July 1862 . The regiment saw considerable action during the Northern Virginia Campaign in the late summer , and was engaged in skirmishing during the Second Bull Run operations . As part of the Army of the Potomac , the 6th Ohio Cavalry participated in the Fredericksburg operations in November – December 1862 . It subsequently went into winter quarters , guarding the Rappahannock River . 1863 and 1864 . In 1863 , the regiment participated in the Battle of Kelly ' s Ford . Later that year , it was heavily involved in the Gettysburg Campaign , fighting at the Battle of Brandy Station and in several smaller engagements during the Union operations in the Loudoun Valley of Virginia , including the battles of Aldie , Middleburg , and Upperville . They traveled into Pennsylvania with the division as part of the brigade of Col . Pennock Huey , but before the Battle of Gettysburg withdrew to Westminster , Maryland , to guard the army ' s supply trains . The regiment was active during the retreat of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in July . Later in the year , the 6th participated in both the Mine Run and Bristoe campaigns . After spending the winter fighting Mosby ' s guerillas , in the spring of 1864 the regiment joined Ulysses S . Grant ' s movement on Richmond , participating in several battles while serving in the Cavalry Corps , under Gen . Philip H . Sheridan . It was involved in the Union cavalry operations during the Overland Campaign and the Siege of Petersburg , as well as taking part in the Battle of Trevillian Station . 1865 and the end of the war . In 1865 , the regiment was in the Battle of Five Forks , and during the Appomattox Campaign , in the Battle of Sayler ' s Creek . The 6th Ohio Cavalry marched in the Grand Review of the Armies in May , 1865 , and then exited service at Petersburg , Virginia , on August 7 , 1865 . During its term of service , the 6th Ohio Cavalry lost 5 officers and 52 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded , and 4 officers and 177 enlisted men by disease , for a total of 238 fatalities . More than 1700 men served in the ranks at various times , however , the field strength of the regiment rarely exceeded 500 men at any given time . A stone monument to the regiment stands along Taneytown Road on the Gettysburg Battlefield , which features a relief of a saber - wielding cavalryman mounted on his horse at full gallop .