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 till June. Moved to Prestonburg, thence to Louisa,
Ky., July 15. Duty at Louisa till 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 till January 10, 1864. Near Loudoun November 14. Siege of
Knoxville, Tenn., November 17-December 5. Moved to Nicholasville, Ky. Duty
there and in Kentucky till June. Moved to Join Stoneman June 13-19. Join
Sherman's Army near Big Shanty, Ga., June 26. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June
26-September 8. 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. Siege of Atlanta August 11-September 3. March to the sea
November 15-December 10. Bear Creek Station November 16. Walnut Creek and East
Macon 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. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas
January to April, 1865. 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., till July. Moved to Raleigh and consolidated with
5th
Ohio Cavalry July 28, 1865.
Squadron lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 49
Enlisted men by disease. Total 50.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1480
