Union monuments - Ohio

1st Ohio Cavalry Regiment,
Companies A & C

The monument to Companies A and C of the First Ohio Cavalry Regiment is south of Gettysburg on Taneytown Road near the Hummelbaugh Farm. (see map)

Company A was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Captain Noah Jones and was assigned to the headquarters of the 3rd Cavalry Division of the Cavalry Corps. Company C was commanded by Captain Samuel N. Stanford and was assigned to the headquarters of the 2nd Cavalry Division of the Cavalry Corps . The two companies combined totalled 85 men and suffered no losses.

From the front of the monument:

Companies A and C
1st Ohio Cavalry
Headquarters Guard
2d and 3d Divisions
Cavalry Corps.

Erected by
The State of Ohio

From the left side:

Companies A and C
1st Ohio Cavalry
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July 1,2,3, 1863
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During the Battle of
Gettysburg these companies
furnished bearers of
dispatches to different
parts of the field.
In the course of the
campaign they several
times vigorously engaged
the enemy.

From the right side:

Companies A and C
1st Ohio Cavalry
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Were organized for 3 years
autumn of 1861.
Served in the Virginias
until Spring of 1864.
Were then sent west to join
the regiment, serving with the
Army of the Cumberland.
Reenlisted as veterans in
December, 1863.
Participated in many
important battles and in
the capture of the
Confederate President.
Mustered out in
September, 1865.

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