Companies A and C, 1st Ohio Cavalry
(Front):Companies A and C
1st Ohio Cavalry
Headquarters Guard
2d and 3d Divisions
Cavalry Corps
Erected by
The State of Ohio
(Left):Companies A and C
1st Ohio Cavalry
July 1, 2, 3, 1863
during the battle of
Gettysburg these companies
furnished bearers of
dispatches to different
parts of the field.
In the course of the
campaign then several
times vigorously engaged
the enemy.
(Back):Companies A and C
1st Ohio Cavalry
(Right):Companies A and C
1st Ohio Cavalry
were organized for 3 years
autumn of 1861.
Served in the Virginias
until spring of 1864.
Were then sent west to join
the Regiment. Serving with the
Army of the Cumberland.
Reenlisted as veterans in
December 1863.
Participated in many
important battles and in
the capture of the
Confederate president.
Mustered out in
September, 1865.
Marker is at the intersection of Taneytown Road (State Highway 134) and Pleasonton Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Taneytown Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
