Union monuments - Ohio

6th Ohio Cavalry Regiment

The monument to the Sixth Ohio Cavalry Regiment is south of Gettysburg on Taneytown Road at the Hummelbaugh Farm (see map)

The 6th Oho Cavalry was commanded during the Gettysburg Campaign by Major William Stedman. It consisted of 391 men in ten companies (A-E, G-I, and K-L) and suffered no casualties in the battle, as it was on detached duty guarding trains at Westminster.

From the front of the monument:

Sixth Ohio Cavalry
2 Brigade 2 Division Cavalry Corps

Erected by the State of Ohio

From the rear of the monument:

Sixth Ohio Cavalry
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Organized at Warren, Ohio
Dec. 14, 1861
Served with the National Armies
in Virginia under
Bayard, Buford, Pleasonton
Kilpatrick, Gregg, Smith
Crook and Sheridan.
Its Veteran Companies reenlisted
January 1864.
Mustered out Aug. 7, 1865.

From the left side:

The Sixth
Ohio Cavalry
served during the
Gettysburg Campaign
with Huey's Brigade,
taking part in several
severe engagements.
During the battle
of Gettysburg, it was
on detached service
with the brigade
at Manchester, Md.

From the right side:

Principal engagements
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Cross Keys
Groveton
Kelly's Ford, 1863
Stoneman's Raid, 1863
Aldie
Upperville
Gettysburg Campaign
Mine Run
Auburn
Bristoe Station
Wilderness
Sheridan's Raids, 1864
Cold Harbor
Malvern Hill, 1864
Mitchell's Shop
Haws Shop
Boydton Plank Road
Dinwiddie C.H.
Sailor's Creek
Appomattox C.H.

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