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 === Brief History  ===
-The Union Light Guard, Ohio Cavalry was organized at Columbus, Ohio, December 17, 1863, for duty as body guard to President Lincoln.&nbsp; They had duty as guards at the White House and at the War Department and other public buildings till September, 1865. They were mustered out September 9, 1865. <ref name="CWSS">National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System]: (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref><br>
+The Union Light Guard, Ohio Cavalry was organized at Columbus, Ohio, December 17, 1863, for duty as body guard to President Lincoln. They had duty as guards at the White House and at the War Department and other public buildings until September, 1865. They were mustered out September 9, 1865. <ref name="CWSS">National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System]: (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref><br>
+This unit was also known as the Seventh Independent Company of Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.<ref>Robert W. McBride, ''Lincoln's body guard, the Union Light Guard of Ohio, with some personal recollections of Abraham Lincoln'', (Indianapolis : Edward J. Hecker, 1911), page 5. [http://archive.org/stream/lincolnsbodyguar00mcbr#page/n6/mode/1up Internet Archive].</ref>
 For more information on the history of this unit, see:
-*Larry Stevens' Ohio in the Civil War, [http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/ulg.html Union Light Guard, Ohio]<br>
+*Larry Stevens' Ohio in the Civil War, [http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/ulg.html Union Light Guard, Ohio]
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-=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
+=== Counties of Origin for this Unit<br> ===
-Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.<br>
+Originally the Union Light Guard was to have one man from each county in Ohio.&nbsp; However since some counties were slow to send a man, other counties were allowed to send additional men.<ref name="McBride" /> See [http://archive.org/stream/lincolnsbodyguar00mcbr#page/9/mode/1up Roster].<br>
 === Other Sources  ===