This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 1st Ohio Cavalry (Three Years’ Service), organized by Field & Staff and Companies A through M. 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.
Research This Regiment
If you’re researching ancestors in the 1st Ohio Cavalry (Three Years’ Service), these resources may provide additional historical detail, including regimental histories and Civil War reference works.
Field & Staff
- Colonel Owen P. Ransom – original commanding officer; service notes as available.
- Colonel Minor Milliken – succeeded to command; service notes as available.
- Colonel Beroth B. Eggleston – later commanding officer; service notes as available.
- Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. H. Smith – service notes as available.
- Lieutenant Colonel James Laughlin – service notes as available.
- Lieutenant Colonel Valentine Cupp – service notes as available.
- Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Pattin – service notes as available.
- Lieutenant Colonel Stephen C. Writer – service notes as available.
- Major Michael W. Smith – service notes as available.
- Major Erasmus B. Dennison – service notes as available.
- Major David A. B. Moore – service notes as available.
- Major James N. Scott – service notes as available.
- Major John C. Frankeberger – service notes as available.
- Major William McBurney – service notes as available.
Company A
Company B
Company C
Company D
Company E
Company F
Company G
Company H
Company I
Company K
Company L
Company M
Non-Commissioned Staff
Unassigned Recruits
Records for unassigned recruits, if any, will be listed here when available.
Consolidations or Transfers
Some members of the 1st Ohio Cavalry (Three Years’ Service) may have been transferred or consolidated with other units during or after their term of service. Details are noted in the state adjutant general reports where available.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, various volumes and parts as relevant to the 1st Ohio Cavalry.
- State Adjutant General Report for Ohio (multiple years and volumes; see especially rosters and regimental returns).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Volume 2.