4th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Cavalry

11/18/2025

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10/15/2025

Looks like they are filming another Gettysburg movie.
"Gettysburg 1863"

The new Gettysburg movie is the first time that fighting in the streets of town has been recreated accurately in a film. It's even more meaningful that it was done on the exact ground where this brutal action took place.

PC: Gettysburg Images

10/11/2025

Adding it Up
For the past few weeks, we’ve shared information on a number of pieces of equipment that Civil War infantry soldiers typically carried on campaign, and sometimes into battle. Knowing what gear soldiers were working with is an important step to better understanding their challenges and capabilities on the battlefields CVBT works to preserve.

To even better appreciate their perseverance and endurance it is time to add up the weight. While the weight of each piece of equipment may vary significantly from soldier to soldier, the following weights are approximate:

Haversack (with 3 days rations) = 6 lbs.
Cartridge box (with 40 cartridges) = 5 lbs.
Bayonet and scabbard = 2 lbs.
Cap pouch and waist belt = 1.5 lbs.
Canteen & tin cup (with 3 pints of water) = 3.5 lbs.
Knapsack (with shelter half, wool blanket, & personal items) = 15 lbs.
Rubber blanket = 3 lbs.
Rifle musket = 9 lbs.
Total = 45 lbs.

When considering that the average Civil War soldier weighed about 145 lbs., it is pretty impressive that they could carry so much weight for significant distances and through all types of weather.

Image of Albert H. Davis, 9th New Hampshire Inf. courtesy of Library of Congress.

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09/05/2025

08/27/2025

What Is Online in the National Archives Archival Databases

Are you accessing the Free National Archives Genealogy and Archival Databases? There are databases for 35 distinct genealogy topics. The archival databases cover 180 subjects.

This is a massive amount of information that will help you in your genealogy research.

Get the details and the Quicksheet at https://theancestorhunt.com/blog/what-is-online-in-the-national-archives-archival-databases/

08/22/2025

4th OVC. Image from: The Story of the Fourth Regiment Cavalry From the Organization of the Regiment, August, 1861 to its 50th Anniversary, August, 1911. Based on The Book of 1890. by Lucien Wulsin, Late Private, Co. A. Revised, Corrected and Edited by Miss Eleanor N. Adams. Supplemented by a Complete Roster of the Regiment, and Several Interesting Monographs Written by Comrades. Lucien Wulsin. 216 pgs. Cincinnati. Ohio. 1912

08/18/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlX1ezikxwM&list=WL&index=1

08/13/2025

Enlisted as Pvt. Company A April 5, 1865 for a period of one year. Discharged at Nashville, TN July 15, 1865.

I have it on good authority that a reprint of Pike's very scarce Scout and Ranger, 4th OVC might be available at Mansfield. The photo above is of Wm. Y. McNair, Co. A, 4th O.V.C. SW

08/08/2025

I asked Gemini AI about the 4th OVC...