This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the Harlan’s Light Cavalry (Ohio), organized by Field & Staff and Companies A through K. Information is drawn from 19th-century state adjutant general reports, the Official Records, and verified regimental histories.
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For an overview of this regiment’s organization, service, engagements, and casualties, see the regiment summary page.
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Field & Staff
- Captain Noah M. Runyan – Organized the company at Camp Chase; mustered in September 1, 1861; later attached to 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry as Company M.
- Captain Gerard Reynolds – Service noted in regimental histories.
- Captain Samuel N. Titus – Service noted in regimental histories.
- Captain Irvin Bacon – Service noted in regimental histories.
- First Lieutenant William H. Kilmer – Service noted in regimental histories.
- First Lieutenant Hiram H. Eggleston – Service noted in regimental histories.
- First Lieutenant J. Samuel Weaver – Service noted in regimental histories.
- Second Lieutenant Isaac A. Smallwood – Service noted in regimental histories.
Company A
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company B
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company C
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company D
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company E
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company F
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company G
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company H
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company I
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company K
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Non-Commissioned Staff
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Unassigned Recruits
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Consolidations or Transfers
This company was attached to the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry and designated as Company M after initial organization. Further details on individual transfers are not fully documented in available sources.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, relevant volumes and parts covering independent cavalry companies and the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
- State Adjutant General Report for Ohio (years as available; records for Harlan’s Light Cavalry are limited).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Volume 2.