Cavalry Units: 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry

The biographical sketches here show only those members of the unit who wrote letters to their local newspapers. Information may be drawn from the unit roster, newspaper obituaries, or other biographical sources.

Field and Staff

Captain John C. Frankeberger Regimental Quartermaster, 1st OVC

Enlisted 9/11/1861 as 1st Lieutenant of Company G, promoted to Captain 6/6/1862, promoted to Major 9/20/1863, mustered out 1/11/1865
Letter: Perrysburg Journal--12/31/1862

Company C, 1st OVC

Bugler Henry G. "Cosmo" Burr, Co. I, 1st OVC

Enlisted 8/15/1861 as Bugler, mustered in 9/12/1861. Discharged for disability 1/3/1863.
Letter: Toledo Blade- 2/6/1862, 4/5/1862, 5/23/1862

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