The 5th Independent Ohio Volunteer Cavalry was mustered into service on August 20, 1861, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Most of the company's members were from Cincinnati.
The 5th Independent Ohio Volunteer Cavalry was mustered into service on August 20, 1861, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Most of the company's members were from Cincinnati. The 5th Independent Company was one of four companies that served as General Fremont's Body Guards. The men's term of service was to be three years.
General Fremont's Body Guards served principally in Missouri during 1861. On October 25, 1861, the Guards, including the 5th Independent Company, attacked a force of Confederate soldiers at Springfield, Missouri. Approximately 150 Northern soldiers engaged nearly 1,900 Southern troopers. The Confederates opened up on the Guards in a heavy crossfire, killing, wounding, or leaving horseless forty of the Guards. Undaunted, the remaining 110 Northern soldiers charged the Confederate lines, driving the Southerners from the battlefield. The Confederates lost 107 men killed and thirty captured, with the Northerners losing sixteen killed, twenty-five wounded, and ten captured. In the battle, the 5th Independent Cavalry lost four men killed and thirteen wounded.
Despite enlisting for three years, on November 30, 1861, the 5th Independent Cavalry mustered out of service in St. Louis, Missouri.
5th Independent Company Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Roster of Members:
|
Names |
Rank |
Age |
Date of Entering Service |
|
James L. Foley |
Captain |
24 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Joseph M. Kennedy |
1st Lieutenant |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Isaac H. McLinn |
2nd Lieutenant |
31 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Charles H. Hunter |
First Sergeant |
25 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
David W. Fairchild |
First Sergeant |
33 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Francis M. Vanhorn |
Sergeant |
19 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Gosler Rudolph |
Sergeant |
25 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Amos G. Chapman |
Sergeant |
27 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Sturgis O. Lovell |
Sergeant |
23 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Richard Stockton |
Corporal |
24 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Charles Murphy |
Corporal |
22 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Thomas G. Herron |
Corporal |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Jeremiah Cronan |
Corporal |
23 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Stephen M. Douglas |
Corporal |
20 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Peter Murphy |
Corporal |
23 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
George W. Sloan |
Corporal |
27 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
James W. Craven |
Corporal |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Jerome Dandelette |
Musician |
19 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Francis Rathburn |
Musician |
25 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Francis Clark |
Wagoner |
26 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Jeremiah T. Reed |
Blacksmith |
29 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Erastus Townsend |
Farrier |
27 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
George D. Benham |
Saddler |
36 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Jacob A.J. Bigler |
Private |
33 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
George M. Blinn |
Private |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
John Boake |
Private |
19 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Charles Bodine |
Private |
18 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
William T. Bowen |
Private |
24 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Marshall Bruce |
Private |
23 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
John W. Burton |
Private |
23 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Edwin Coolidge |
Private |
26 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Bryan Connell |
Private |
26 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Albert Coppers |
Private |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
George W. Craig |
Private |
24 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Epamanondas Davis |
Private |
37 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
James P. Day |
Private |
24 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Henry M. Dickens |
Private |
27 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
George Evans |
Private |
30 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Josiah B. Fairchild |
Private |
25 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
James K. Falls |
Private |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
William Farman |
Private |
26 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Calvin C. Fay |
Private |
38 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
John Fieber |
Private |
31 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Michael Fitzpatrick |
Private |
25 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
George W. Gabriel |
Private |
22 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Alvin S. Galbreath |
Private |
26 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Norman Garrigus |
Private |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
John B. Gibner |
Private |
25 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Benjamin Giffen |
Private |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
John Giffen |
Private |
30 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
William Haskett |
Private |
32 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Israel E. Higbee |
Private |
28 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
William B. Higbee |
Private |
20 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Newton Holtsinger |
Private |
26 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Thomas Hughes |
Private |
25 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
James B. Irvin |
Private |
31 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Mason Jackson |
Private |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Charles P. Jones |
Private |
22 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Daniel Jones |
Private |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
John Kahoe |
Private |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
William L. Kay |
Private |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Edward M. Kellum |
Private |
27 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Robert Lee |
Private |
38 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Marcellus A. Leeds |
Private |
27 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Alexander C. Linfoot |
Private |
22 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
William C. Livingston |
Private |
28 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
William S. Lowery |
Private |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Asa McCiphers |
Private |
42 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
William McClellan |
Private |
19 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Samuel T. Messick |
Private |
23 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Carey N. Moore |
Private |
19 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Morris Mooney |
Private |
19 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
William O. Montgomery |
Private |
25 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
John H. Morrison |
Private |
22 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
James P. Morgan |
Private |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Justine Murphy |
Private |
24 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
William H. Murphy |
Private |
23 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Richard Neff |
Private |
26 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
John Newman |
Private |
19 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Allen Purdy |
Private |
22 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Tande L. Reed |
Private |
36 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Thomas Reynolds |
Private |
18 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Conrad Roetkin |
Private |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Francis Roth |
Private |
20 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Leonidas Seegar |
Private |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Walker Y. Seedam |
Private |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Frank D. Skiff |
Private |
20 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Martin L. Smith |
Private |
38 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Benjamin F. Staebler |
Private |
21 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Henry Stevens |
Private |
35 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
James A Stewart |
Private |
30 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
John I. Talbott |
Private |
20 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Sylvester Titsworth |
Private |
25 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
James C. Thomas |
Private |
17 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
James Thompson |
Private |
27 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
John A. Thompson |
Private |
26 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
Harrie Van Bergen |
Private |
27 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
William H. Van Wade |
Private |
18 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
August Wexelburg |
Private |
20 |
August 20, 1861 |
|
William C. Williams |
Private |
20 |
August 20, 1861 |
