Cavalry Units: 9th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Cavalry units were recruited from all over the state. Those represented in detail here are the ones recruited primarily from northwest Ohio counties and those whose members wrote to local newspapers. More information will be added as it becomes available.
This Regiment was organized in 1863, to serve three years; Companies A, B, C, and D, at Camp Zanesville, Ohio in January and the other eight companies at Camp Dennison, Ohio, in September, October, and December. It was mustered out July 20, 1865, at Lexington, NC.
Some of the battles in which this unit participated include:
- Florence, AL, April 13, 1864
- Center Star, AL, May 16, 1864
- Rousseau's Raid in Alabama and Georgia, July 11-22, 1864
- East Point, GA, August 30, 1864
- Waynesboro, GA, December 4, 1864
- Near Savannah, GA, February 2, 1865
- Aiken, SC, February 11, 1865
- Winnsborough, SC, February 22, 1865
- Monroe's Crossroads, NC, March 10, 1865
- Averysboro, NC, March 16, 1865
- Raleigh, NC, April 13, 1865
Roster - Company F, 9th OVC
Officers
Joseph McCutcheon
Enoch L. Mann
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Lyman C. Moody
Emmett Hammer
Robert W. Morris
Roster - Company H, 9th OVC
Officers
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Newspaper Articles about the Unit/Anonymous Letters
Articles:
Wyandot Pioneer- October 16, 1863 pg. 3, November 20, 1863 pg. 3
Wyandot Democratic Union- October 22, 1863, pg. 1
Letters:
Officer, 9th Ohio Cavalry. Toledo Blade- 8/2/1864
Member, 9th Ohio Cavalry. Toledo Blade- 5/10/1864
"Private," Company K, 9th Ohio Cavalry. Fremont Journal- August 12, 1864
