Soldier: Rolvin J. Brennen
Regiment: McLaughlin’s Squadron, Ohio Cavalry
Company: B
Age: 18
Date Entering Service: April 19, 1864 at Mansfield, Ohio
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Received a gunshot wound in the right wrist.
Transferred to Company C, 5th. OVC, July 28,1865. Mustered out with company on October 30, 1865.
Battles in which he fought:
Stoneman’s Raid to Macon, Ga. July 26-31, 1864
Siege of Atlanta, Ga. August 1 to September 2, 1864
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Blackville, SC February 11, 1865
Bentonville, NC March 19-21, 1865
Other interesting information discovered:
While Brennen listed his age at enlistment to be 18, he was actually only 17 years old.
Squadron lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 49 Enlisted men by disease. Total 50.
Date of Death: September 3, 1906
Place of burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington
Adopted by: The Village of Cardington
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard