United States Regiments & Batteries > Ohio
The 2nd Ohio Cavalry Regiment lost 7 0fficers and 76 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 officers and 179 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861
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August | Organized at Cleveland and Camp Dennison, Ohio under the command of Colonel Charles Doubleday. |
November 1 | Duty at Camp Dennison, Ohio |
1862
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January 27 | Scout duty on the Missouri Border. Attached to Doubleday’s Brigade, Dept. of Missouri. |
February 18-March 2 | Expedition to Fort Scott, Kan. |
February 22 | Action at Independence, Mo. |
April 15-May 7 | Expedition to Diamond Grove, Kan. |
May 7 | Action at Horse Creek |
May 25-July 8 | Expedition into Indian Territory |
June 6 | Action at Grand River |
June | Colonel Doubleday resigned. He would be replaced by Colonel August Kautz (West Point Class of 1852), a former Captain in the 6th United States Cavalry. |
July 18 | Capture of Fort Gibson |
July 27 | Bayou Bernard |
August 5 | Montevallo |
August 11 | Lone Jack, Mo. |
August | Attached to Solomon’s Brigade, Dept. of Kansas. |
September 17-December. 3 | Blount’s Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas |
September 28-30 | Expedition to Sarcoxie |
September 30 | Newtonia |
October 4 | Occupation of Newtonia. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Frontier.Skirmishes at Carthage, Cow Hill, Cow Skin Prairie, Wolf Creek, Maysville and White River. |
December | Ordered to Columbus, Ohio |
1863
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March | Moved to Somerset, Ky. |
March 19 | Mt. Sterling, Ky. (3rd Battalion) |
March 31 | Owensville |
April 26-May 12 | Expedition to Monticello and operations in Southeastern Kentucky. Attached to Kautz’s 1st Cavalry Brigade, District of Central Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, |
May 1 | Action at Monticello |
May 29 | Near Mill Springs |
June 9 | Monticello, Rocky Gap and Steubenville |
June 14-24 | Sanders’ Raid in East Tennessee (3rd Battalion) |
June 19-20 | Knoxville |
June 20 | Strawberry Plains and Rogers’ Gap |
June 21 | Powder Springs Gap |
June 27 | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio |
July 1-25 | Pursuit of Morgan |
July 3 | Columbia, Ky. |
July 18-19 | Buffington Island, Ohio |
July 25-August 6 | Operations in Eastern Kentucky against Scott |
July 27 | Near Rogersville |
July 28 | Richmond |
July 31 | Lancaster and Paint Lick Bridge |
August 1 | Lancaster |
August 16-October 17 |
Burnside’s Campaign in East Tennessee.Attached to 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps |
August 31 | Winter’s Gap |
September 4-7 | Expedition to Cumberland Gap |
September 7-10 | Operations about Cumberland Gap |
September 9 | Capture of Cumberland Gap |
September 11 | Greenville |
September 22 | Carter’s Depot |
September 24 | Zollicoffer |
September 28 | Jonesboro |
October 2 | Greenville |
October 5 and 10 | Blue Springs |
October 10-11 | Sweetwater |
November 4-December 23 |
Knoxville CampaignAttached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division Cavalry, 23rd Army Corps |
November 14-15 | Lenoir Station |
November 15 | Stock Creek |
November 17-December 5 |
Siege of Knoxville |
December 10 | Morristown and Long’s Ford |
December 12 | Cheek’s Cross Roads |
December 12-13 | Russellville |
December 14 | Bean’s Station |
December 16-19 | Blain’s Cross Roads |
December 16 | Rutledge |
December 19 | Stone’s Mill |
December 24 | Dandridge |
December 26 | Mossy Creek Station |
1864
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January 1 | Regiment reenlisted. On Veteran furlough until March. |
March 20 | Ordered to Annapolis, Md. Attached to Cavalry, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 16 | Colonel Kautz was promoted to brigadier general. Lieutenant Colonel Alvred Bayard Nettleton was promoted to colonel and took command of the regiment. |
May 4-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8 | Piney Branch Ford |
May 8-21 |
Battle of Spottsylvania Court House |
May 15 | Piney Branch Ford |
May 21 | U.S. Ford (Detachment) |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
May 31 | Mechump’s Creek and Hanover Court House |
June 1 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
June 1-12 |
Gaines’ Mill, Salem Church |
June 2 |
Haw’s Shop and Totopotomoy |
June 3-5 |
Haw’s Shop |
June 12 | Long Bridge and White House Landing |
June 15 | Smith’s Store, near Samaria Church |
June 22-30 |
Wilson’s Raid on Southside & Danville Railroad |
June 23 |
Black and White Station |
June 25 |
Staunton River Bridge, or Roanoke Station |
June 28-29 |
Sappony Church, or Stony Creek |
June 29 |
Ream’s Station |
August 7- November 28 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley CampaignAttached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Middle Military Division |
August 17 | Winchester |
August 21 | Summit Point |
August 21-22 | Charlestown |
August 25 | Smithfield and Kearneysville |
September 3 | White Post |
September 13 | Abram’s Creek, near Winchester |
September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester (Battle of Opequan) |
September 20 | Near Cedarville |
September 21 | Front Royal Pike |
September 22 |
Milford and Fisher’s Hill |
September 29 | Waynesboro |
October 4 | Bridgewater |
October 7 | Near Columbia Furnace |
October 8-9 |
Tom’s Brook |
October 13 | Cedar Creek |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
November 6 | New Market |
November 10 | Kearneysville |
November 12 | Newtown and Cedar Creek |
November 22 | Rude’s Hill, near Mt. Jackson |
December 19-22 | Raid to Lacey’s Springs |
December 21 | Lacey’s Springs |
1865
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February 4-6 | Expedition from Winchester to Moorefield, W, Va. |
February 27-March 25 |
Sheridan’s Raid from Winchester to Petersburg |
March 2 | Occupation of Staunton, Waynesboro |
March 3 | Occupation of Charlottesville |
March 15 | Ashland |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 30-31 |
Dinwiddie Court House |
April 1 |
Battle of Five Forks |
April 3 |
Namozine Church |
April 6 |
Sailor’s Creek |
April 8 |
Appomattox Station |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
April 23-29 | Expedition to Danville |
May | March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 | Grand Review |
May 27 | Ordered to St. Louis, Mo. |
June-October | Duty in Department of Missouri |
October 12 | Mustered out |