OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - HISTORY of 6th Calvary Regiment (published 1908)
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                     Regiment History      
                    OHIO SIXTH CAVALRY 
                       (Three Years) 

Sixth Cavalry. - Cols., William R. Lloyd, William Stedman, Frank C.
Loveland; Lieut.-Cols., William O. Collins, Norman A. Barrett, George W.
Dickinson; Majs., John O. Ferrell, Richard B. Treat, Amandar Bingham,
John H. Cryer, Benjamin C. Stanhope, James C. Richart, James S. Abell,
Matthew H. Cryer. This regiment was organized by Col. William R. Lloyd,
at Camp Hutchins, Warren, in Oct., Nov. and Dec., 1861, to serve for
three years. It entered the U. S. service in the field in western
Virginia in May, 1862, under Gen. Fremont; thence into the Valley of
Virginia under Gen. Sigel; thence into the campaign in front of
Washington, D. C., in the summer of 1862 with the Army of Virginia under
Gen. John Pope; was then with Gen. George B. Mc- Clellan, in the Army of
the Potomac, in fall of 1862; with Gen. Burnside in the winter of 1862
and 1863; and then with Gen. Joe Hooker, who organized the cavalry corps
early in 1863, thereafter commanded in succession by Gens. Stoneman,
Pleasonton and Sheridan; served through the summer of 1863, under Gen.
Meade, and then until the close of the war under Gens. Meade, Grant and
Sheridan. The regiment, from the date of organization of the cavalry
corps, served in the brigades commended by Gens. Buford, Duffie,
Averell, McIntosh, D. McM. Gregg, Kilpatrick, Huey, Davies and C. H.
Smith; and in divisions commanded by Gens. Bayard, Averell, Pleasonton,
Gregg and Crook. The roster of this regiment shows that from 1861 to
1865 there were 1,758 officers and enlisted men in the organization.
This does not include one battalion of four companies which was detached
and taken to the far west under command of Lieut.-Col. Collins. Under an
order from the war department, dated Sept. 20, 1862, there were four
companies recruited to fill up the regiment. These companies were in
part recruited at Camp Cleveland and two of them, B and E, joined the
regiment at Falmouth, Va., March 9, 1863. The other two, F and M, joined
the regiment March 8, 1864, at Warrenton, Va. Following is a list of
battles, engagements and skirmishes in which this regiment bore an
honorable part: Woodstock, Mt. Jackson, Cross Keys, Luray Court House,
Warrenton, Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Kelly's ford, Stoneman's
raid, Stevensburg, Aldie, Middleburg, Upperville, Va.; Gettysburg, Pa.;
Hagerstown, Boonsboro, etc., Falling Waters, Md.; Shepherdstown, Rapidan
Station, Sulphur springs, Auburn mills, Bristoe Station, Mine Run,
Todd's tavern Mitchell's shop, Yellow tavern, Meadow bridge, Haw's shop,
Cold Harbor, Bottom's bridge, Trevilian Station, St. Mary's Church,
Malvern hill, Darbytown, Deep Bottom, Reams' station, Peebles' farm,
Boydtown road, Stony creek, Hatcher's run, Quaker road, Dinwiddie Court
House, Five Forks, Jetersville, Deatonsville, Sailor's creek, Farmville,
High bridge, Appomattox, or Lee's surrender, Va. On the expiration of
its term of service, the original members (except veterans) were
mustered out, and the organization was retained in service until Aug. 7,
1865, when it was mustered out at Petersburg, Va., in accordance with
orders from the war department. 
Source: The Union Army, vol. 2 

The Union Army A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65
-- Records of the Regiments in the Union Army -- Cyclopedia of Battles -- 
Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. 8 vols. 
Madison: Federal Publishing, 1908.


Bob


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