HISTORY OF COMPANY A, FIRST OHIO CAVALRY 1861-1865: A memorial volume compiled from personal records and living witnesses. (Regimental History, 1st Ohio Cav.)

Lovejoy (Samuel Gillespie)

Published by Washington Court House, Ohio, 1898

About this Item

BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 219, (2 including an errata page and a plate of a horse). Original red cloth, gilt titled cover and spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Covers are rubbed with gilt essentially gone, worn on spine ends, edges, and corners. Front endpaper with publisher's small paper label, inked name on front free endpaper. Title page has small chips at top and bottom edge, no loss of text; else pages are generally clean, some with a small persistent stain on upper corners, else tight. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The 1st Ohio Cavalry Regiment was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio August 17-October 30, 1861, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel Owen P. Ransom. Companies A and C were the first to organize and were ordered to western Virginia September 17, 1861. These companies fought in the East, included engagements at Battle of Winchester, Battle of Cedar Mountain, Pope's Campaign in northern Virginia, Bull Run, Battle of Gettysburg, Emmettsburg, Hagerstown, Falling Waters, Hartwood Church, the Bristoe Campaign, and Mine Run Campaign. In January 1864, the two companies rejoined the regiment as it fought through the Atlanta Campaign. One of the rarest Ohio Regimental Histories, which supplements Curry's work, with a fine, lively account, threaded throughout by a fine journal; seldom offered for sale. REFERENCES: DORN OH #39; Not in NEVINS. Ryan #276: "This volume, compiled from records kept during the war, although its author's name does not appear on the title page, was written by Samuel L. Gillespie, the bugler of the company. It is a creditable history and does not undertake to record any military service except that of Co. A. It forms a good supplementary volume to the History of the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, see 'Curry, W L.', and preserves the recollections and adventures of company life as seen by one of its most active members.". Seller Inventory # 0124041

Bibliographic Details

Title: HISTORY OF COMPANY A, FIRST OHIO CAVALRY ...

Publisher: Washington Court House, Ohio

Publication Date: 1898

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition