3rd Ohio Cavalry Monument - Chickamauga National Battlefield, GA
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The 3rd Ohio Cavalry Monument is located on Genn-Viniard / Vittetoe Chickamauga Road near driving tour stop 6, Chickamauga National Battlefield Park. The monuments to the 1st, 3rd and 4th Ohio Cavalry Monument are located close to each other.
Waymark Code: WMAYFC
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2011
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The 3rd Ohio Cavalry monument depicts a Cavalryman on horseback charging, his left hand holds the reins. He holds his sword in his right hand which is extended forward, blade curving downward. His head is turned as he looks back over his left shoulder. A plaque on the rear of the monument description the actions of the 3rd during the Chickamauga Campaign.
Text on front:
3rd Ohio Cavalry
Long’s Brigade Crook’s Division
Cavalry Corps.
Plaque on the rear of the monument:
This regiment Lt. Col. Charles B. Seidel commanding, crossed the Tennessee River in Bridgeport, Sept. 2nd, 1863. Crossed Sand Mountain, Sept. 3rd, in Lookout Mountain, Sept. 9th, engaging the enemy's Calvary the same day near Alpine, and driving them toward Rome.
Sept. 13th, participated in reconnaissance towards Lafayette, developing the enemy in force. From Sept. 14th to Sept. 19th, held Dougherty’s Gap.
Sept. 19, engaged in holding fords of the Chickamauga.
Sept. 20, was engaged with the enemy's Calvary and infantry, near Crawfish Springs, guarding trains.
Loss in campaign 17.
Wikipedia -
3rd Ohio Cavalry
3rd Ohio Cavalry was organized in September 1861 by future Civil War general Lewis Zahm. In April 1862, it moved with General Don Carlos Buell through Tennessee. During that summer, the 3rd Ohio Cavalry participated in the Siege of Corinth. It later fought at the Battle of Chickamauga. In January 1864, the regiment was re-formed as its three year term had expired. The unit later participated in raids with Stoneman and Wilson before it was discharged on August 14, 1865.
Several Kelleys Island men volunteered and served in the 3rd Ohio Cavalry including: Pitt Simmons, John Ward, John Monaghan, Stephen French, Michael Hughes, August Raab, John T. Woodford, George Wright, Henry Pope and Jacob Rush (mostly companies A and L). Jacob Rush's involvement in the unit was particularly interesting. He enlisted at the age of 15, was brought home by his parents, then allowed to enlist again a few months later. Just weeks before his enlistment expired, he was sent on one last mission and captured as a spy. He provided a first hand account of his interrogation by General Nathan Bedford Forrest. He spent 8 months in Cahaba Prison where he helped organize a (failed) escape attempt. Upon his release at the end of the war, he was one of the few soldiers who survived the 'Sultana' explosion. He worked his way home and established the Island House resort on Kelleys Island. When that burned in 1877, he moved to Larned Kansas and played a key roll in building that city. He also served as a Kansas State Senator. He was a prolific writer for the local newspaper, the Islander, and shared many stories of his time in service in the 3rd Ohio Cavalry,