Shelby County OHGenWeb

Shelby County in the Civil War 12th Ohio Cavalry

This Regiment was organized at Cleveland, Ohio on November 24, 1863 under Colonel Robert W. Ratliff.
Company K consisted of men from Miami, Montgomery and Shelby Counties.

Movement of the 12th Ohio Cavalry
Camp Chase	November 24, 1863 - February, 1864
Camp Dennison - Hamilton County, Ohio	February 1864 - March 1864
Ordered to Nashville, Tennessee	March 31, 1864
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, 23rd Army Corps, District of Kentucky, Dept	July, 1864
Attached to the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, Dept. Ohio	to February, 1865
Attached to 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland	to July 1865
Attached to the Cavalry Brigade, District East Tennessee	to November 1865

Battles this Regiment fought in:
Operations against Morgan's Invasion of Kentucky	May 31-June 20, 1864
Action at Mt. Sterling, Kentucky.	June 9, 1864
Cynthiana	June 12, 1864
Skirmish at Lebanon, Kentucky.	July 30, 1864
Burbridge's Expedition into Southwest Virginia	September 20-October 17, 1864
McCormack's Farm	September 23, 1864
Laurel Mountain	September 29, 1864
Action at Saltsville, Va.	October 2, 1864
Stoneman's Raid from Bean's Station, Tenn., into Southwest Virginia	December 10-29, 1864
Bristol	December 14, 1864
Marion	December 17-18, 1864
Saltsville	December 20-21, 1864
Stoneman's Raid into Southwest Virginia and Western North Carolina	March 21-April 25, 1865
Wilkesborough	March 29, 1865
Wilkinsville N. C.	April 8, 1865
Danbury	April 9, 1865
Statesville and Salem	April 11, 1865
Salisbury	April 12, 1865
Dallas and Catawba River	April 17, 1865
Swannanoah Gap	April 20, 1865
Howard's Gap, Blue Ridge Mountains	April 22, 1865
Asheville	April 25, 1865
Duty in Middle and East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, and in North Carolina,	Until Nov. 1865
Mustered out	November 14, 1865.

Roster of Company K
page 1, page 2, page 3

Also check out:
"The twelfth Ohio Cavalry: A record of its organization and Services in the War of the Rebellion, together with a Complete Roster of the Regiment." by F.H. Mason, lst Captian Squadron "L" 12th OVC; Nevis Steam Printing House, Cleveland. Ohi. 1871 ~ scanned images of the book from by Larry Stevens.

"Third Annual Reunion of the Twelfth Ohio Cavalry held at Columbus, Ohio. 1888" ~ Scanned images of the book

Information was gathered from the following sources:
"The Union Army, vol. 2" Dyer's Compendium