8th Ohio Cavalry Regiment

8th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
8th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
Active	1864–1865
Country	United States of America
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Union Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	500
Engagements	American Civil War Second Battle of Kernstown; Battle of Opequon; Battle of Cedar Creek;
Commanders
Colonel	Samuel A. Gilbert 1864
Colonel	Alpheus S. Moore 1864-1865
Colonel	Wesley Owens 1865

The 8th Ohio Cavalry Regiment was a regiment of Union cavalry raised by the state of Ohio for service during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater, primarily in West Virginia and then in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia.

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