1st Ohio Cavalry The 1st Ohio Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 1st Ohio Cavalry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus , Ohio August 17 - October 30 , 1861 and mustered in for a three - year enlistment under the command of Colonel Owen P . Ransom . The regiment was attached to 1st Division , Army of the Ohio , to October 1862 . ( Companies F , I , K , L , and M attached to 5th Division , Army of the Ohio , May to October 1862 . ) Zahm ' s 2nd Brigade , Cavalry Division , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . ( Companies F , I , K , L , and M attached to II Corps , Army of the 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 of Mississippi , to February 1865 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , Wilson ' s Cavalry Corps , to May 1865 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , Wilson ' s Cavalry Corps , and Department of Georgia , to September 1865 . The 1st Ohio Cavalry mustered out of service on September 13 , 1865 . Detailed service . Left State for Louisville , Ky . , December 9 , 1861 . 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 ( Companies E , I , and M ) . Guard duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad until August . Near Russellsville July 3 ( Companies B & G ) . Expedition to Decatur , Ala . , July 12 – 16 ( detachment ) . Near Davis Gap July 12 ( detachment ) . Near Decatur July 15 ( Company 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 . Bardstown October 4 . Battle of Perryville October 8 ( detachment ) . Pursuit of Bragg to London October 10 – 22 . 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 Stones 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 . 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 . Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River , and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Reconnaissance from Stevenson to Trenton , Ga . , August 28 – 31 . Reconnaissance from Winston ' s Gap to Broomtown Valley September 5 . Alpine , Ga . , September 3 and 8 . Reconnaissance from Alpine toward Lafayette , Ga . , September 10 . Alpine September 11 . Battle of Chickamauga , September 19 – 21 . 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 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . 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 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 - September 8 , 1864 . Decatur , Ala . . May 26 . Courtland Road , Ala . , May 26 . Pond Springs , near Courtland , May 27 . Moulton May 28 – 29 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . McAffee ' s Cross Roads June 11 . Noonday Creek June 15 – 19 and 27 . Kennesaw Mountain June 21 . Near Marietta June 23 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Rottenwood Creek July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Raid to Covington July 22 – 24 . Siege of Atlanta July 24 - August 15 . Garrard ' s Raid to South River July 27 – 31 . Flat Rock Bridge and Lithonia July 28 . Kilpatrick ' s Raid around Atlanta August 18 – 22 . Flint River and Red Oak August 19 . Jonesboro August 19 . Lovejoy ' s Station August 20 . Operations at Chattahoochee River Bridge August 26 - September 2 . Occupation of Atlanta September 2 . Operations against Hood and Forest in northern Georgia and northern 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 , 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 Jefferson Davis . Duty in Georgia and South Carolina until September . Companies A and C were the first to organize and were thus ordered to western Virginia September 17 , 1861 . Attached to Army of Occupation , western Virginia , to October 1861 . Cheat Mountain District , western Virginia , to January 1862 . Landers ' Division , Army of the Potomac , to March 1862 . Shields ' 2nd Division , Banks ' V Corps , and Department of the Shenandoah , to May 1862 . Cavalry , Shields ' Division , Department of the Rappahannock , to June 1862 . Headquarters II 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 , XXII Corps , Department 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 . Battle of Winchester March 23 . Occupation of Mt . 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 , July 1 – 3 , 1863 . Monterey Gap July 4 . 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 the two companies rejoined the regiment . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 204 men during service ; 6 officers and 45 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 3 officers and 150 enlisted men died of disease .