1st Ohio Independent Cavalry Battalion explained

Unit Name:	1st Ohio Independent Cavalry Battalion
Dates:	October, 1861 to July, 1863
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Cavalry
Battles:	American Civil War Action at Upper Crossing, Sweetwater, N. T. November 24, 1862 Action at Platte River, N. T. April 17, 1863 Cheyenne Fork July 19, 1863

The 1st Ohio Independent Cavalry Battalion was a battalion of cavalry in the Union Army during the American Civil War. With the addition of a second Battalion its designation changed to that of Regiment, the 11th Ohio Cavalry in July, 1863.

Commanders

• Lt. Col. William O. Collins

See also

• List of Ohio Civil War units
• Ohio in the Civil War

References

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.

External links

• 1st Ohio Independent Cavalry Battalion
• 11th Ohio Cavalry, Rocky Mountain Cavalry
• Civil War Archive: Union Regimental Histories, Ohio, 1st Independent Battalion Cavalry
• Center for Archival Collections: Cavalry Units: 11th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry