4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Warren County Ohio Civil War Soldiers

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Warren County, Ohio Civil War Soldiers

serving in the
4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
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Partial Roster of Warren County soldiers serving in the 4th OVC
Field and Staff, Troop unknown, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, unassigned
Send any additions or corrections to the roster of Warren County soldiers in the 35th OVI to Arne H Trelvik

Links:

The 4th Ohio Cavalry, at "Ohio in the Civil War" by Larry Stevens
The 4th Ohio Cavalry and Roster at Civil War Soldier and Sailor System by the National Park Service
The 4th Ohio Cavalry at Ancestry.com [paid site]
The 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Descendants Association
Dallas Bogan Articles
- "History Of Fourth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry" article by Dallas Bogan
- Letter from C. Failor, Co A, 4th OVC written at Bowling Green, Kentucky on 17 Feb 1862
American Civil War Research Database by Historical Data Systems
- 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment (3 years)
- 4th Ohio Independent Cavalry Battalion (6 months)
- 4th Ohio Independent Cavalry Company (3 years)
Nancy Pape-Findley, The Invincibles; The Story of the Fourth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Cavalry, 1861-1865 (Tecumseh, Michigan: Blood Road Publishing, 2002)
Internet Archive Resources
- Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Volunteer Union Organizations, microfilm publication M594 - Roll 140, beginning at image 1367
- Roster Commission, Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, Vol. XI (Akron: Werner Ptg. & Litho. Co., 1891) page 178-238, 767-771
- Lucien Wulsin, Private, Co. A, The Story of The Fourth Regiment Ohio Veteran Volunteer Cavalry: from the organization of the Regiment, August, 1861, to its 50th Anniversay, August, 1911. Based on the book of 1890, Eleanor N. Adams, revised, corrected and edited (Cincinnati: n.p., 1912)
- William E. Crane, late Captain 4th O.V.C. and A. A. Adjt.-Gen., Bugle Blasts: read before the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, November 5, 1884 (Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, 1884)
Newspaper Clippings
- "G. A. R. Reunion, Lebanon Will Entertain Distinguished Guests," The Western Star (Lebanon, Ohio), Thursday August 9, 1900, page 2
- "Fourth Ohio Cavalry," The Western Star (Lebanon, Ohio), Thursday, September 30, 1920, page 8

Note:

There were 3 different Ohio Cavalry units assigned the number 4
- 4th Independent Cavalry Battalion Ohio (Six Months Service) organized in Cincinnati from Aug. 3 to Sept. 21, 1863 & mustered out from Feb. 15 to March 14, 1864. Many of the members re-enlisted in the 13th Ohio Cavalry, which was then organizing at Camp Chase. [The unit is also referred to as the 4th Battalion Ohio National Guard Cavalry]
- 4th Independent Ohio Cavalry Company (3 years) mustered in on 9 Jul 1861 at Georgetown Ohio and mustered out 28 May 1865
- 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment (3 years) organized at Camp Dennison and Camp Gurley in Nov. 1861, (with the exception of Cos. L and M which were organized on Aug. 15, 1862, at Cincinnati) and mustered out 15 Jul 1865 at Macon, Georgia.

Field & Staff, 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
See Compiled Service Records for Regiment at InternetArchive.org

Mustered in 24 Sep 1861 at Camp Gurley, Ohio by Lew Wilson, Captain 19th Infantry, U.S.A., Mustering Officer
Mustered out 15 Jul 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee by James P. W. Neill, Captain 18th Infantry, U.S.A., Acting Commissary of Musters Cavalry Corps, M. D. M.

Troop	Rank		Name	Remarks
F&S	Lt. Col.		Henry W. Burdsall	Previously was Capt of his Burdsall's Independant Ohio Cavalry Regiment. Wounded in the side at Cheat Mountain, which caused an abcess to form, with a partial paralysis of his right side; from this he never recovered, and it was the cause of his death
I, F&S	Veterinary Surgeon		Chester B. Lee	Promoted from Private Co I to Regt. Veterinary Sergeant 7 Oct 1861
E, F&S	Quartermaster Sergeant		Alexander Langlands Thomson	promoted from Pvt Co E to Regt. Quartermaster Sergeant 22 Aug 182
E, L, F&S	Lt. Col.	*POW*	James Thomson/Thompson	previously served in Burdsall's Independant Ohio Cavalry Regiment promoted from 1st Sgt to 1st Lt, Co E on 1 Jan 1862 promoted to Captain, Co L 26 Feb 1863 captured and paroled at Battle of Lovejoy Station Georgia on 20 Aug 1864 promoted to Major, Field & Staff on 26 Nov, 1864 promoted to Lieutenant Colonel 5 Jul 1865 but not mustered

Troop A, 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
See Compiled Service Records for Company at InternetArchive.org

Company organized by Captain Wilson Cross at Pulaski, Tennessee
Mustered in 20 Nov 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio by Lew Wilson, Captain 19th Infantry, U.S.A., Mustering Officer
Mustered out 15 Jul 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee by James P. W. Neill, Captain 18th Infantry, U.S.A., Acting Commissary of Musters Cavalry Corps, M. D. M.

Troop	Rank		Name	Remarks
A	Private		Lewis H. Bone	died of disease on 20 Apr 1864 at Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee
A	Sergeant 1st Class		Frederick Hutchinson Bowker	POW on 17 Oct 1862 at Lexington, Kentucky and paroled on 18 Oct 1862 also served as Private, Co F, 12th OVI (3 months)
A	Sergeant	*POW*	Michael Bowker	POW on 17 October 1862 at Lexington, KY & paroled on 18 October 1862
A	Private		John Bradley
A	Sergeant		Albert Brant
A	Private		Samuel Brant
A	Privte		Isaac W. Brown	Disability discharge on 21 Jun 1862
A	Private		Josiah Appleton Brown
A	Private		Milton Brown	det. dispatch carrier from Macon, Ga. to Selma and Mobile, Ala.; wounded at Selma, April 2, 1865; 6 weeks in hosp. at Allatoona, Ga.
A	Private	*POW*	Norman Brown	injured by fall of horse; cap. at Nahsville, held 6 weeks
A	1st Sergeant	*POW*	Asaph Butler	captured & patroled at Battle of Lexington, Ky 18 Oct 1862
A	Private	*POW*	Charles H. Canton	captured & patroled at Battle of Lexington, Ky 18 Oct 1862
A	Private		Robert W. Canton
A	Private		William G. Clise	also Co F 146th OVI
A	Sergeant	*POW*	William D. Corwin Sr.	POW on 17 October 1862 at Lexington, KY & paroled on 18 October 1862
A	Corporal		Francis M. Cummins	1st served as a private in Company E, 38th Illinois Infantry Regiment
A	Sergeant		Charles Failor	see Letter from C. Failor, Co A, 4th OVC written at Bowling Green, Kentucky on 17 Feb 1862
A	Private	*POW*	Martin Gons	Captured and paroled 28 May 1862 at Whiteburg, Alabama
A	Private		John B. Hall	Died of injuries from accidental gunshot wound at Camp Taylor, Huntsville, Alabama on 6 Jun 1862
A	Captain		Henry H. Hamilton
A	Private	POW	Ebenezer Hatfield	captured & patroled at Battle of Lexington, Ky 18 Oct 1862 He was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga and later was captured by Gen. John Morgan in one of his famous raids
A	Private		John W. Hatfield	died of disease at Nashville, Tennessee on 31 Dec 1862
A	Private		George Hayner
A	Private		George Hines
A	Sergeant	*POW*	Albert J. Hopping	Captured near Pulaski, Tennessee; Paroled on 1 May 1862
A & I	Sergeant	*POW*	Andrew J. Jeffries	captured & patroled at Battle of Lexington, Ky 18 Oct 1862; Transferred from Co A to Co I & promoted from Sergt. to 2d Lt. on 8 Dec 1863
A	Private		Thomas McCabe
A	Private		William H. Parshall	Mustered into Co G, 84th OVI on 10 Jun 1862 (3 months service) Mustered into Co A, 4th Ohio Cavalry Battalion on 3 Aug 1863 (6 months service) Mustered into Co B, 79th OVI on 28 Mar 1864 Transferred into Co G, 73rd OVI on 9 Jun 1865; also had service in Co B, 73rd OVI
A & I	Private		Granville M. Payne	Disability discharge from Co A 12th OVI on 25 Jul 1862 Reinlisted in 4th OVC on 17 Dec 1863
A	Private		John Charles Simonton
B	Private	*POW*	William N. Tetrick	captured & patroled at Battle of Lexington, Ky 18 Oct 1862
A	Private [Major at discharge]	POW	Dominick Welter	12 April 2011 Patrick Tobias email: "My G G Uncle Dominick Welter served in Troop A of the 4th Ohio Calvary Regiment. He enlisted as a Private in Cincinnati on September 10, 1861. He was promoted to Second-Lieutenant in September of 1862 and First-Lieutenant in January of 1863. He was wounded at Frankfort, Lexington & again at Chickamauga where he was taken prisoner on September 20, 1863 and for eighteen months suffered all the hardships of prison life at Libby, Va., Macon, Ga., Charleston and Columbia (Camp Sorghum), S. C., and Salisbury, N. C., where he was exchanged, via Wilmington, N. C., by order of the Secretary of War. receiving his final discharge in July of 1865. While a prisoner, during the summer of 1864, he was promoted to Captain and at the close of the War he was a Major, commanding his regiment."
A	Private		Albert Wilkerson
A	Corporal		Eathan/Eather E. Wilkerson	wounded at Selma, Ala
A	Private		Amos A. Williams
A	Corporal		John C. Williams	John C. Williams enlisted as an 18 year old Private on 10 Feb 1864 Mustered into Co A, 4th OVC on 10 Feb 1864 Promoted to Corporal on 2 Apr 1865 Mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee on 15 Jul 1865

Troop B, 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
See Compiled Service Records for Company at InternetArchive.org

Company organized by Captain Teetor at Bridgeport, Alabama
Mustered in 23 Nov 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio by Lew Wilson, Captain 19th Infantry, U.S.A., Mustering Officer
Mustered out 15 Jul 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee by James P. W. Neill, Captain 18th Infantry, U.S.A., Acting Commissary of Musters Cavalry Corps, M. D. M.

Troop	Rank		Name	Remarks
B	Private		William V. Barkalow
B	Private		John A. Gage	Connection to Warren County, Ohio not confirmed
B	Private	*POW*	Archibald Mountjoy	Captured and paroled 18 Oct 1862 at battle of Lexington, Kentucky
B	Private	*POW*	Arthur B. Spader	1st served in co. F, 1st OVI. (3 months). He was captured at the 1st Battle of Bull Run and held 11 months 16 days in Libby Prison, at New Orleans, La. and at Salisbury, N.C. He was discharged from Co F 1st OVI at Governors Island, N. Y. Harbor, June, 1862 and reenlisted in Co B 4th OVC on 30 Sep 1863

Troop C, 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
See Compiled Service Records for Company at InternetArchive.org

Company organized by Captain William E. Crane at Pulaski, Tennessee
Mustered in 25 Nov 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio by Lew Wilson, Captain 19th Infantry, U.S.A., Mustering Officer
Mustered out 24 Jun 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee by James P. W. Neill, Captain 18th Infantry, U.S.A., Acting Commissary of Musters Cavalry Corps, M. D. M.

Troop	Rank		Name	Remarks
C	Private		Smith Ackley
C	Private	*POW*	Abraham Bailey	captured in Tennessee.; paroled.
C	Teamster		Thomas J. Bailey	Disability Discharge on 10 Sep 1862
C	Private		John H. Baldwin
C	Private		Jacob Bowser
C	Corporal		Samuel Bowser	captured and paroled Oct. 18, 1862 at battle of Lexington, Ky
C	Private		Squire Brant	[sometimes spelled Squire Bryant]
F	Private	*POW*	Edward S. Calph	Mustered into Co F, 12th OVI on 4 May 1861 (3 months) Mustered into Co C, 4th OVC on 6 Nov 1861 Captured and paroled at Saundersville, Tennessee on 6 Nov 1862
C & D	Private	*POW*	John Alexander Fraser/Frazer	Captured & paroled March 8, 1862 at Camp Jackson, Tennessee; captured 0n 18 Oct 1862 at Battle of Lexington, Kentucky; transfered from Co D to Co C 26 Jun 1865
C	Private		James Gillespie	James Gillespie enlisted as a 33 year old Private on 7 Dec 1861 Mustered into Co C, 4th OVC on 7 Dec 1861 Mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee on 15 Jul 1865
C	Sergeant	*POW*	James Hammond	POW at Lexington, Kentucky on 18 Oct 1862; paroled the same day
C	Corporal		Seth Hollingshead	also served in Co. A, 12th OVI 3 months service
C	Sergeant	*POW*	David Shawhan	Captured at Camp Jackson, Tennessee on 8 Mar 1862 and paroled the same day
C	Private		Mathew F. Sheward	also Co F 146th OVI
C	Private		WilliamThompson

Troop D, 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
See Compiled Service Records for Company at InternetArchive.org

Mustered in 25 Nov 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio by Lew Wilson, Captain 19th Infantry, U.S.A., Mustering Officer
Mustered out 24 Jun 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee by James P. W. Neill, Captain 18th Infantry, U.S.A., Acting Commissary of Musters Cavalry Corps, M. D. M.

Troop	Rank		Name	Remarks
C & D	Private	*POW*	John Alexander Fraser/Frazer	Captured & paroled March 8, 1862 at Camp Jackson, Tennessee; captured 0n 18 Oct 1862 at Battle of Lexington, Kentucky; transfered from Co D to Co C 26 Jun 1865
E & D	Private		Theodore Smith	Theodore Smith enlisted as an 18 year old Private on 1 Aug 1863 Mustered into Co E, 4th Indpt. OVC on 21 Sep 1863 (6 months service) Transferred to Co D on 1 Nov 1863 Mustered out on 14 Mar 1864 Theodore Smith enlisted as a 19 year old Private on 8 Aug 1864 Mustered into Co D, 79th OVI on 8 Aug 1864 Mustered out at Washington, DC on 9 Jun 1865

Troop E, 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
See Compiled Service Records for Company at InternetArchive.org

Company organized by Captain George Gotwald at Pulaski, Tennessee
Mustered in 27 Nov 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio by Lew Wilson, Captain 19th Infantry, U.S.A., Mustering Officer
Mustered out 15 Jul 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee by James P. W. Neill, Captain 18th Infantry, U.S.A., Acting Commissary of Musters Cavalry Corps, M. D. M.

Troop	Rank		Name	Remarks
E & D	Private		Theodore Smith	Theodore Smith enlisted as an 18 year old Private on 1 Aug 1863 Mustered into Co E, 4th Indpt. OVC on 21 Sep 1863 (6 months service) Transferred to Co D on 1 Nov 1863 Mustered out on 14 Mar 1864 Theodore Smith enlisted as a 19 year old Private on 8 Aug 1864 Mustered into Co D, 79th OVI on 8 Aug 1864 Mustered out at Washington, DC on 9 Jun 1865
E, F&S	Quartermaster Sergeant		Alexander Langlands Thomson	promoted from Pvt Co E to Regt. Quartermaster Sergeant 22 Aug 182
E, L, F&S	Lt. Col.	*POW*	James Thomson/Thompson	previously served in Burdsall's Independant Ohio Cavalry Regiment promoted from 1st Sgt to 1st Lt, Co E on 1 Jan 1862 promoted to Captain, Co L 26 Feb 1863 captured and paroled at Battle of Lovejoy Station Georgia on 20 Aug 1864 promoted to Major, Field & Staff on 26 Nov, 1864 promoted to Lieutenant Colonel 5 Jul 1865 but not mustered

Troop F, 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
See Compiled Service Records for Company at InternetArchive.org

Mustered in 12 Nov 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio by Lew Wilson, Captain 19th Infantry, U.S.A., Mustering Officer
Mustered out 15 Jul 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee by James P. W. Neill, Captain 18th Infantry, U.S.A., Acting Commissary of Musters Cavalry Corps, M. D. M.

Troop	Rank	Name	Remarks
F	Private	David D. Ayers	1st served in the 79th O.V.I.
F	Private	Columbus/Columbia Crosson

Troop G, 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
See Compiled Service Records for Company at InternetArchive.org

Company organized by Captain Harris at Pulaski, Tennessee
Mustered in 12 Nov 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio by Lew Wilson, Captain 19th Infantry, U.S.A., Mustering Officer
Mustered out 15 Jul 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee by James P. W. Neill, Captain 18th Infantry, U.S.A., Acting Commissary of Musters Cavalry Corps, M. D. M.

Troop	Rank		Name	Remarks
G	Private		Hatton Fitzgerald

Troop H, 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
See Compiled Service Records for Company at InternetArchive.org

Company organized by Captain John W. King at Pulaski, Tennessee
Mustered in 14 Nov 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio by Lew Wilson, Captain 19th Infantry, U.S.A., Mustering Officer
Mustered out 15 Jul 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee by James P. W. Neill, Captain 18th Infantry, U.S.A., Acting Commissary of Musters Cavalry Corps, M. D. M.

Troop	Rank		Name	Remarks

Troop I, 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
See Compiled Service Records for Company at InternetArchive.org

Company organized by Lieutenant John C. Stewart at Pulaski, Tennessee
Mustered in 25 Nov 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio by Lew Wilson, Captain 19th Infantry, U.S.A., Mustering Officer
Mustered out 15 Jul 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee by James P. W. Neill, Captain 18th Infantry, U.S.A., Acting Commissary of Musters Cavalry Corps, M. D. M.

Troop	Rank		Name	Remarks
I	Private		Stephen H. Brant
I	Private		Ephriam Castello	[also spelled Costello]
I	Private		John M. Hill	also served in Co M 8th US Cavalry Regiment
A & I	Sergeant	*POW*	Andrew J. Jeffries	captured & patroled at Battle of Lexington, Ky 18 Oct 1862; Transferred from Co A to Co I & promoted from Sergt. to 2d Lt. on 8 Dec 1863
I, F&S	Veterinary Surgeon		Chester B. Lee	Promoted from Private Co I to Regt. Veterinary Sergeant 7 Oct 1861
A & I	Private		Granville M. Payne	Disability discharge from Co A 12th OVI on 25 Jul 1862 Reinlisted in 4th OVC on 17 Dec 1863
I	Private		Thomas C. Shotwell
I	Private		Joseph Vandervort/Vandervoort

Troop K, 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
See Compiled Service Records for Company at InternetArchive.org

Mustered in 15 Nov 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio by Lew Wilson, Captain 19th Infantry, U.S.A., Mustering Officer
Mustered out 15 Jul 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee by James P. W. Neill, Captain 18th Infantry, U.S.A., Acting Commissary of Musters Cavalry Corps, M. D. M.

Troop	Rank		Name	Remarks
K	Sergeant		Jacob Paul	appointed Sergeant 14 Nov 1861; disability discharge on 25 Mar 1863

Troop L, 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment - see Compiled Service Records for company
See Compiled Service Records for Company at InternetArchive.org

The Troop was organized by Captain James Johnson at Camp Dennison
Mustered in 13 Aug 1862 at Cincinnati, O., by Captain Breslin, Mustering Officer.
Mustered out 26 Jun 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee by James P. W. Neill, Captain 18th Infantry, U.S.A., Acting Commissary of Musters Cavalry Corps, M. D. M.

Troop	Rank		Name	Remarks
L	Private		Ira C. Benedict	Also served in Co F, 27th NY Infantry and in Co A, 69th OVI
L			Eli Bowyer	Drowned in the Ohio River with his discharge papers in his pocket
E, L, F&S	Lt. Col.	*POW*	James Thomson/Thompson	previously served in Burdsall's Independant Ohio Cavalry Regiment promoted from 1st Sgt to 1st Lt, Co E on 1 Jan 1862 promoted to Captain, Co L 26 Feb 1863 captured and paroled at Battle of Lovejoy Station Georgia on 20 Aug 1864 promoted to Major, Field & Staff on 26 Nov, 1864 promoted to Lieutenant Colonel 5 Jul 1865 but not mustered
L	Corporal		Charles H. Weaver	Discharged 8 Dec 1863 on Surgeon's certificate of disability; later served in Co A 181st Ohio Infantry Regiment

Troop M, 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
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The Troop was organized by Captain Megrue in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mustered in 15 August 1862 at Cincinnati, O., by Captain Bresline, Mustering Officer.
Mustered out 15 July 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee by James P. W. Neill, Captain 18th Infantry, U.S.A., Acting Commissary of Musters Cavalry Corps, M. D. M.

Troop	Rank	Name	Remarks
M	Private	John Keller	det. harness maker

Troop unknown, 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment

Troop	Rank		Name	Remarks

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