8th Ohio Cavalry Regiment | |
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Active | 1864–1865 |
Country | United States of America |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Union Army |
Type | Cavalry |
Size | 500 |
Engagements | American Civil War |
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.