11th Ohio Cavalry

11th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Active	July 31, 1863 – July 14, 1866
Country	United States of America
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Union Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	11 companies
Part of	Department of Kansas/Department of Missouri, District of Nebraska, West Sub-district
Engagements	American Indian Wars South Pass, November 24, 1862 Sweet Water Bridge, April 3, 1863 Mud Springs Station, February 6, 1865 Rush Creek, February 8, 1865 Near Laparelle Creek, February 13, 1865 Fort Marshall, March 28, 1865 Deer Creek Station, April 21, 1865 Camp Marshall, April 23, 1865 Deer Creek, May 23, 1865 St. Mary's Station, May 27, 1865 Elkhorn, May 28, 1865 Near Deer Creek, June 3, 1865 Sage Creek Statiaon, June 8, 1865 Sweet Water Bridge, June 22, 1865 Rock Creek, June 30, 1865 Platte Bridge, July 26, 1865 Powder River, August 20, 1865 Battle of the Tongue River, August 29, 1865
Commanders
Notable commanders	William O. Collins

American Indian Wars

The 11th Regiment Cavalry, Ohio Volunteers, known in vernacular as the 11th Ohio Cavalry, was a cavalry regiment raised in the name of the governor of Ohio from several counties in southwest Ohio, serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was stationed in the Dakota and Idaho territories on the American frontier to protect travelers and settlers from raids by American Indians.

The first four companies of the regiment were originally raised by Lt. Col. William Oliver Collins as the 7th Ohio Cavalry but were later to be consolidated into the 6th Ohio Cavalry posted at Camp Dennison. Collins refused to redesignate his companies, and to settle the political dispute, they were detached from the 6th in February 1862 to be sent west under the command of Collins, a 52-year-old lawyer from Hillsboro and member of the Ohio Senate. On April 4, 1862, the battalion was ordered to St Louis, Missouri, and during the month of May marched to Fort Laramie in the Idaho Territory, a prominent post along the Oregon Trail. It was permanently detached from the 6th Ohio Cavalry and designated the 1st Independent Battalion Ohio Cavalry. The battalion located its headquarters at Pacific Springs, Nebraska Territory, assigned to protect travelers and interests along the North Platte and Sweetwater Rivers, and then at South Pass, Idaho Territory, to guard the Overland Mail routes from Julesburg, Colorado, to Green River, Wyoming.

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