Colonel Frank C. Loveland, U.S.V.

Colonel Frank C. Loveland was born in Wellington, Lorain County, Ohio, August 26, 1839, of New England parents. He was a student at Oberlin College when the Civil War broke out in 1861, when he enlisted in Company D, Sixth Ohio Cavalry, October 26, 1861, for three years or the war; was made sergeant December 14, 1861; regimental commissary-sergeant March 1, 1862; sergeant-major June 1, 1862; was commissioned second-lieutenant October 28, 1862 ; first lieutenant February 6, 1863; captain July 25, 1864, for " gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Enon Church," May 28, 1864; lieutenant-colonel April 20, 1865; and on July 30, 1865, he was commissioned colonel for long and meritorious service during the war. This regiment's first service in the field was in Virginia, under General Fremont, thence down the Shenandoah Valley, under General Franz Sigel; then in the Army of Virginia in front of Washington, in the summer of 1862, under Pope; then with the Army of the Potomac, under McClellan, in the fall of 1862. It served with Burnside in the winter of 1862-63 in and about Falmouth and Fredericksburg; and was in the spring of 1863 under Hooker.

Mr. Loveland participated with his regiment in the following engagements: Woodstock, Virginia; Mount Jackson, Cross Keys, Luray Court-House, Warrenton, Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Stoneman's raid, Stevensburg, and Aldie. It was here that the Sixth Ohio and Second New York Cavalry, the latter being General Kilpatrick's regiment, made the famous " charge about the Haystack," completely routing the rebels, but with considerable loss on both sides. Lieutenant Loveland, while leading his company in the charge that day, had his horse shot, and was much injured by being thrown some distance to the ground. He remained, however, with his regiment, and was in the battles of Middleburg, Virginia, Upperville, Gettysburg, Hagerstown, Maryland, Boonsborough, Falling Waters, Shepherdstown, Virginia, Rapidan Station, Sulphur Springs, Auburn Mills, Bristoe Station, Mine Run, Todd's Station, Mitchell's Shop, Yellow Tavern, Meadow Bridge, Virginia, and Hawes's Shop, or €non Church, 1864. In this fight Lieutenant Loveland again had a horse shot from under him. Three days later, May 31, at Cold Harbor, Virginia, he was struck by a shell and severely wounded. After lying on the field for one night and day he was conveyed to the Seminary Hospital, Georgetown, D.C., where he was confined for some months, during which time his regiment was in eight regular engagements. In the autumn of 1864 he rejoined his regiment as captain of Company B, and participated in the battles of Hatcher's Run, Quaker Road, Dinwiddie Court-House, Five Forks, Jettersville, Deatonville, Sailor's Creek, Farmville, High Bridge, and Appomattox (Lee's surrender), April 8 and 9, 1865. The day following the surrender of General Lee, the Sixth Ohio Cavalry formed the escort of General Grant from Appomattox to Burkville Station, where he took the railroad train for Washington.

In the early spring of 1865, when Colonel Loveland was yet a captain, he had command of the regiment, and remained in command of it until it was mustered out of the United States service at Petersburg, Virginia, August, 1865. After the close of the war he came to New York, and was successfully engaged in mercantile pursuits until 188o, when he became interested in the canvass of his old comrade and friend, General Garfield, and from this date much of his time has been devoted to political matters.

Colonel Loveland is descended from one Robert, then Thomas Loveland, both of whom came to this country from England in 1665 and settled in that part of Weathersfield, Connecticut, known as Glastonbury. Elisha, the great-grandfather, and Abner, the grandfather, of Colonel Loveland, were soldiers in the war of the Revolution.

Source: Officers of the Volunteer Army and Navy who served in the Civil War, published by L.R. Hamersly & Co., 1893, 419 pgs.

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