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The 1st OVC is a mounted Civil War reenactment group.

03/23/2026

The 1st OVC would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of our friends and family that attended our first training camp. We had a wonderful time working with everyone and look forward to the rest of the season!

03/14/2026

Our training camp is quickly approaching! As a reminder all troopers are expected to be in camp by 5pm Friday night. We have a full weekend planned and look forward to seeing all of our friends!

03/01/2026

February 1861.

Delegates from the seceded states gathered and established a Confederate government with a provisional constitution and provisionally elected Jefferson Davis as president. His inauguration would take place at the end of the month in Montgomery Alabama.

This provisional government created a Peace Commission to try to avoid a war with the United States, but the efforts fell apart.

Texas voted for secession, while Tennesee did not.

Arkansas troops seized the United States Arsenal at Little Rock and forced the Federal garrison to withdraw on February 8th. They seized the United States ordnance stores at Napoleon, Arkansas on February 12th.

Texas began taking arsenals and garrisons across the state.

The Choctaw Nation aligned with the southern states.

Lincoln is officially announced as the president-elect, and arrived in Washington, D.C. for his inauguration.

02/19/2026

Our group is honored to be asked to perform at The Eastern Kentucky Horse Expo. We hope to see you all there, and look forward to this exciting opportunity for education!

02/10/2026

We have scheduled our first training camp of the season. All troopers are expected to attend to be allowed in ranks for the season. Troopers should come with clean weapons, fit horses, proper uniforms, and tack in good working order.

March 20th - 22nd

Friday the 20th is slated to set up camp, with dinner being served while we discuss our bylaws, expectations and standards for the unit. We will also go over events scheduled for the year.

Saturday the 21st will be boots in saddle all day, with safety protocols and drills being the main focus.

Sunday the 22nd will be used to cover any possible issues needing addressed before everyone heads home.

This event is invitation only.

02/04/2026

“𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘉𝘶𝘵, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘥𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯.

𝘈 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵, 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭.

𝘚𝘰, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴.”
- 𝙓𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣

02/02/2026

We are proud to finally announce our schedule of events for the 2026 season! We have a lot of big plans for the year and look forward to seeing you all on the field.

March (Official date TBD and weather dependent)
- Training Camp

April 25th: Demo at The Eastern Kentucky Horse Expo
Location: 1760 Addington Rd. Ashland, KY

May 15th - 16th: 165th First Manassas
Culpepper VA

July 18th - 19th: Charlton Park Civil War Muster
Hastings, MI

October 3rd - 4th: 162nd Battle of Franklin
Lacassas, TN

October 17th - 18th: Battle of Camp Wildcat
Livingston, KY

01/18/2026

Many times we get asked the question, why do you reenact?

The answers can vary from person to person, but a common theme often occurs; a love for history.

Today a couple troopers took the time to visit the Patton Museum, located in Ft. Knox KY.

But what does this have to do with the civil war?

If not for the War Between the States, the life of a young general may have turned out very differently.

A colonel named George Smith Patton fought in the battle of Wi******er in September of 1864, where he was mortally wounded. After his fall in battle, a servant retrieved the saddle. Bringing it through both lines of battle he was able to return the Colonel’s saddle, wallet, and saber to the wife of George, General Patton’s grandmother. Later, Patton’s father and even the young Patton himself learned to ride in that very saddle.

General Patton was an avid horseman and rider, and learning of his history and connection to cavalry before it became fully mechanized was a great learning experience.

01/16/2026

January 1861.

South Carolina, the first state to secede from the Union, fires upon a merchant ship—the Star of the West—which had been commissioned to bring supplies and troops to Fort Sumter. The ship is forced to turn back.

Mississippi secedes on the 9th, followed by Florida. Union garrisons spike their guns at Pensacola and withdraw to Fort Pickens, which will remain under Union control throughout the war.

Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana soon follow, joining the other states in secession.

Kansas is admitted to the Union under a constitution that prohibits slavery.

Tensions across the states and the nation continue to rise. North Carolina remains divided, though support for secession grows stronger by the day.

11/27/2025

Welcome to the 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry! We are a group of seasoned civil war cavalry reenactors portraying mounted troopers from various companies of the 1st OVC from 1861 to 1865. Traveling across the country to fight and ride, we strive to be horseman first, and historically accurate reenactors second.

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