The 6th Regiment lost 5 officers and 52 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 officers and 177 enlisted men to disease, a total of 238. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg, even though it was not in the battle itself.
October 7, 1861 |
Organized at Warren, Ohio and duty there |
January, 1862 |
At Camps Chase and Dennison, Ohio |
May 13 |
Moved to Wheeling, W. Va. |
June 1 |
To Strasburg, Va. Attached to Fremont's Mountain Department |
June 2 |
Woodstock |
June 4 |
Mr. Jackson |
June 5 |
New Market |
June 6 |
Harrisonburg |
June 8 |
Battle of Cross Keys |
June 16 |
Near Mt. Jackson |
June |
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia |
July |
Cavalry Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of Virginia |
August 3-4 and 12 |
Rapidan River |
August 16-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 16-23 |
Fords of the Rappahannock |
August 21 |
Kelly's Ford |
August 21-22 |
Catlett's Station |
August 23 |
Fant's Ford, Great Run |
August 28 |
Thoroughfare Gap and Haymarket |
August 29-30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September |
Attached to Cavalry Brigade, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 25-28 |
Expedition from Centreville to Bristoe and Warrenton Stations |
October 12 |
Reconnaissance to near Warrenton |
October 17-18 |
Thoroughfare Gap |
October 19 |
Haymarket (Detachment) |
November 10-12 |
Operations on Orange & Alexandria Railroad |
November 28-30 |
Reconnaissance from Chantilly to Snicker's Ferry and Berryville |
November 30 |
Berryville |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. (Detachment) |
December 22 |
Scout to Luray Valley |
February, 1863 |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac |
March 17 |
Kelly's Ford |
April 27-May 8 |
Stoneman's Raid |
June |
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac |
June 9 |
Brandy Station, Stevensburg, Beverly Ford |
June 17 |
Aldie |
June 19 |
Middleburg |
June 21 |
Upperville |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded during the battle by Major William Stedman. It consisted of 391 men in ten companies (A-E, G-I, and K-L) and did not participate in the battle, as it was on detached duty guarding trains at Westminster.
From the monument: "The Sixth Ohio Cavalry served during the Gettysburg Campaign with Huey's Brigade, taking part in several severe engagements. During the battle of Gettysburg, it was on detached service with the brigade at Manchester, Md." |
July 4 |
Monterey |
July 6 |
Smithburg |
July 6-7 |
Williamsport and Hagerstown |
July 8 |
Boonsboro |
July 10 and 13 |
Jones' Cross Roads near Williamsport |
July 11-13 |
Hagerstown |
July 14 |
Falling Waters |
July 15 |
Jones' Cross Roads |
August |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac |
September 1 |
Barber's Cross Roads |
September 10-11 |
Scout to Middleburg |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock |
September 13 |
Culpeper Court House |
September 15 |
Rapidan Station |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 12-13 |
Warrenton or White Sulphur Springs |
October 14 |
Auburn Bristoe and Bristoe |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 27 |
New Hope Church |
January 1-4, 1864 |
Reconnaissance to Front Royal |
February 28-
March 1 |
Custer's Raid into Albemarle County |
February 29 |
Near Charlottesville |
March 1 |
Stannardsville |
March 1 |
Burton's Ford, Rapidan River (Detachment) |
May 3-June 15 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-6 |
Todd's Tavern |
May 6-7 |
Wilderness |
May 7-8 |
Todd's Tavern |
May 8 |
Corbin's Bridge |
May 9-24 |
Sheridan's Raid to the James River |
May 9 |
Childsburg and Davenport |
May 9-10 |
North Anna |
May 11 |
Ashland, Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern |
May 12 |
Brook's Church or fortifications of Richmond |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28 |
Haw's Shop |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
May 31-June 7 |
Cold Harbor |
June 2 |
Sumner's Upper Bridge |
June 7-24 |
Sheridan's Trevillian Raid |
June 11-12 |
Trevillian Station |
June 12 |
Mallory's Cross Roads |
June 21 |
Black Creek or Tunstall Station and St. Peter's Church, White House |
June 24 |
St. Mary's Church |
June 24 |
Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond begin |
July 12 |
Warwick Swamp |
July 12 |
Poolesville, Md. (Detachment.) |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration north of the James |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom and Malvern Hill |
July 30 |
Lee's Mills |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration north of the James |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
August 20-21 |
Six Mile House, Weldon Railroad |
August 23 |
Dinwiddie Road near Ream's Station |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
September 29-October 2 |
Arthur's Swamp and Poplar Grove Church |
October 16-19 |
Expedition into Surrey County. Atached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
December 1 |
Stony Creek Station |
December 8-10 |
Reconnaissance to Hatcher's Run and skirmishes |
February 5-7, 1865 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 30-31 |
Dinwiddie Court House |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 5 |
Amelia Springs and Jettersville |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 23-29 |
Expedition to Danville. Duty in Sub-District of the Appomattox, Dept. of Virginia |
August 7, 1865 |
Mustered out |
