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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> | 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 | This unit was also known as the 7th 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: | For more information on the history of this unit, see: | ||