6th Ohio Cavalry

The 6th Ohio Cavalry was raised from the northeastern Ohio counties around Cleveland. The regiment was mustered in during the late fall and early winter of 1861. Their commander at Gettysburg was Maj. William Stedman.

The monument, which features a stone bas relief of a cavalryman mounted on his horse at full gallop with sabre raised, was erected by the state of Ohio. It stands along the Taneytown Road near the intersection with the Park Service’s Pleasanton Avenue. This unit was part of Huey’s brigade which was guarding the Army of the Potomac’s trains at Westminster, Maryland.

6th Ohio Cavalry

Cavalry Corps, 2nd Division, 2nd Brigade

Maj. William Stedman

At Westminster; monument located along the Taneytown Road

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