1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry

1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Columbus, Ohio, May 9 to 11, 1898, with 33 officers and 555 enlisted men.

• Assignments:
  • Assigned to First Cavalry Brigade, 15 May
  • Assigned to Provisional Cavalry Brigade, Fourth Army Corps, July 15
  • Assigned to Cavalry Brigade, Second Division, Fourth Army Corps, August 22

• Movements:
  • Left Columbus May 13; arrived at Chickamauga, Ga., May 15
  • Left Chickamauga July 13; arrived at Lakeland, Fla., July 15
  • Left Lakeland August 20; arrived at Huntsville, Ala., August 22
  • Left Huntsville September 12; arrived at Columbus, Ohio, September 13
  • Furloughed for thirty days September 14

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati, Ohio, October 22 to 24, 1898, with 33 officers and 763 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-wounded 1. Enlisted men-died of disease, 8; deserted, 4.

From:

• Correspondence Relating to the War with Spain, Center for Military History, U.S. Army, Vol 1
  • The Organization of the Army during the Spanish-American War, page 509
  • Organization of Volunteers, page 581

See Also:

• Spanish American War
• Spanish American War Regiments
• Spanish American War Camps