This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of Burdsall’s Independent Cavalry (Ohio), organized by Field & Staff and Company A. Information is drawn from 19th-century state adjutant general reports, the Official Records, and verified regimental histories.
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Field & Staff
- Captain Henry W. Burdsall – Commanding officer; mustered in June 1861; served throughout the company’s term.
- First Lieutenant Minor Milliken – Mustered in June 1861; served during the company’s term.
- Second Lieutenant C. B. Hunt – Mustered in June 1861; served during the company’s term.
Company A
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
- Private – Mustered in June 1861; 1 killed in battle, 2 died of wounds, 1 died of disease, 5 discharged for disability during service. Full roster details are not fully preserved in available state records.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion (Series I, relevant volumes and pages for western Virginia operations, 1861).
- State Adjutant General Report for Ohio (year and volume as available for independent cavalry companies).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Vol. 2.