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, 5^th. 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