3rd Ohio Cavalry

Under Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Seidel, the 3rd Ohio Cavalry crossed the Tennessee River at Bridgeport on September 2nd, 1863, crossed Sand Mountain on September 3rd and Lookout Mountain on September 9th, engaged the enemy's cavalry near Alpine that same day and drove them toward Rome, participated in a reconnaissance toward LaFayette on September 13th that developed the enemy in force, held Dougherty's Gap from September 14th to September 19th, engaged in holding fords of the Chickamauga on September 19th, and on September 20th fought the enemy's cavalry and infantry near Crawfish Springs while guarding trains.

Fairview, Georgia · United States