1st Ohio Cavalry
Long's Brigade - Crook's Division
1st Ohio Cavalry.
Long's Brig., Crook's Div., Stanley's Corps.
Maj. Thomas J. Patten.
Nov. 25, 1863.This regiment, with its brigade, followed Gen. Sherman in crossing the Tennessee, and moving towards Cleveland advanced 13 miles on the 24th. The next day the regiment forced the 2nd Kentucky Confederate Cavalry out of Cleveland. On the 26th the 1st Ohio destroyed some ten miles of the railroad to Dalton. On the 27th the regiment, with the brigade, was attacked by Gen. J.H. Kelly's Brigade of Cavalry and retired skirmishing to Candy's Creek from which point the enemy withdrew, the command then returned to Chattanooga.
Marker is on South Crest Road 0.1 miles south of Ridge Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
