OHIO FOURTH INDEPENDENT CAVALRY (Three Years)

Fourth Independent Cavalry Company. Capts., John S. Foster, John L. King; First Lieuts., William H. Hannah, Joseph F. Thomas, Second Lieuts., Stephen D. Porter, Thomas C. Yates. This company was organized at Georgetown, each man furnishing his own horse and horse equipments, and was mustered into the service on July 9, 1861 at Georgetown, for three years. On the 10th it left for Camp Chase where it remained until Aug. 19, when it was ordered to Missouri. On March 1, 1862, it was taken into St. Louis, placed on duty at Gen. Halleck's headquarters, and acted as his escort until he was transferred to Washington. The company was then engaged in miscellaneous service until July 16, 1864, when the original members were mustered out at Cincinnati, Ohio, by reason of expiration of term of service. The recruits, about 50 in number, were left at Gen. McPherson's headquarters and in Aug. and Sept., 1864, John L. King, who had been a sergeant in the original organization, recruited the company to the maximum number and was commissioned captain. This company participated in the march to the sea, in the campaign in the Carolinas, and was present at the grand review in Washington, D. C., where it was mustered out on May 28, 1865.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 2

Name	Start Date	End Date	Duration	Place
Bentonville	19 Mar 1865	21 Mar 1865	2 day(s)	Bentonville, North Carolina
Silver Creek	8 Jan 1862	8 Jan 1862	< 1 day	Silver Creek, Missouri
Fayetteville, North Carolina	11 Mar 1865	11 Mar 1865	< 1 day	Fayetteville, North Carolina

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