11th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry

Brief History
The 11th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry mustered in October, 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio. They were mustered out July 14, 1866. The regiment guarded the mail and telegraph lines along the overland trails.


 * Jones, Robert Huhn. Guarding the overland trails : the Eleventh Ohio Cavalry in the Civil War. (Spokane, Washington : Arthur H. Clark, 2005, c2005),
 * William E. Unrau, ed. Tending the Talking Wire. A Buck Soldier's View of Indian County, 1863-1865 Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1979. Letters of Hervey Johnson a soldier in company G of the regiment

For more information on the history of this unit, see:


 * The Civil War Archive section, 11th Regiment Cavalry, (accessed 23 August 2012).
 * Larry Stevens' Ohio in the Civil War, 11th Ohio Cavalry

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Company A

Company B

Company C - Many men from Fairfield County

Company D

Company E

Company F

Company G

Company H - Many men from Jefferson County

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2208 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

County listing from Steve Ward's Buckeyes All, Part II Revised, is given on Larry Stevens' Ohio in the Civil War web page, 11th Ohio Cavalry.

National Archives

 * Approved Pension File for Private William H. Garner, Company C, 11th Ohio Cavalry Regiment (SC-751557) NAID 75300219

Other Sources

 * 11th Ohio Cavalry, Civil War Index, which includes history, battles, and roster with name, rank, age, date entered service, period of service and remarks.


 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Ohio in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Ohio in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Ohio, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.