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Twenty-seventh Ohio Infantry-Col. John W. Fuller organized this regiment in August, 1861. It served in Missouri until March, 1862, when it mnoved with the Army of the Mississippi, on New Madrid and later on Island No. 10. In May of the same year, it joined Halleek and in the fall of 1862 participated in the battles of luka and Corinth. It was with Grant for a short time and then detached and sent in pursuit of Forrest, the Con-
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federate cavalry leader. After reenlisting, the regiment joined Sherman in Georgia and was with him as far as Atlanta when it was sent after Hood for a short distance. It again rejoined Sherman, went on to Savannah, through the Carolinas and was present at the Grand Review at Washington in May. 1865. It was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, in July, 1865. Of the three Union county men in the regiment, one died in the service, one was wounded and the other served throughout the whole war and was mus- tered out at the end.
Twenty-eighth Ohio Infantry-This regiment was organized by Col. August Moor in July, 1861, and sent into West Virginia. It was in the Vir- ginias during the whole time it was in the service and lost heavily from deaths, wounds and disease. John Perry was the only Union county man in thie regiment, which was mustered out July 23, 1864.
Twenty-ninth Ohio Regiment-In August. 1861, this regiment was mustered into the service under the command of Col. Louis P. Buckley. It was in Virginia and Maryland until September, 1863. when it was attached to Sherman's command and remained with him through Georgia and the Carolinas and participated in the Grand Review in the spring of 1865. The one Union county man. O. H. Voorhees, in this regiment was discharged with his regiment at Cleveland, Ohio.
Thirtieth Ohio Infantry-Company E, of this regiment, was organized by Capt. Elijah Warner at Jerome, Union county, in the month of August, 1861. and marched thence to Camp Chase, a distance of twenty miles where it arrived on the nineteenth of the same month. On the twenty-ninth of the month it was mustered into the Thirtieth Ohio Infantry and four days later was at the field of battle at Clarksburg, West Virginia. The regiment was in the Virginias and Maryland until the spring of 1863 when it was taken to Mississippi to take part in the campaign against Vicksburg. After the fall of that city the regiment was in the engagements around Chattanooga and then was attached to Sherman's army. It remained with him until the close of the war and participated in the Grand Review at Washington in the spring of 1865. Union county had two men in Company B and one hun- dred and four in Company E. The latter company had ten killed. twenty- eight to die of disease and fifteen wounded. The regiment was finally mus- tered out at Little Rock, Arkansas, August 21, 1865. having been in twenty different engagements, and having its colors shot in almost every battle.
Thirty-first Ohio Infantry-This regiment was organized at Camp Chase in August. 1861, under Col. Moses B. Walker. Company F was re- crnited in Union county and mustered in with A. J. Sterling as captain.
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Of the one hundred and fifteen men from the county in this company, twenty- four died on the field and in the hospitals, twenty-eight were wounded and five were taken prisoners. There were five men from the county in com- panies A. C. H and K, two in A and one each in the other three companies. This regiment was drilled in Kentucky and saw its first fighting at Mill Spring in that state in January, 1862. It was at Shiloh, Perryville, Stone's River, Hoover's Gap and Chickamauga. It then became a part of Sherman's army and followed him through Georgia and the Carolinas to Washington. D. C., where it participated in the Grand Review. The regiment was dis- charged July 26, 1865. The flag of this regiment was pierced by eighty- nine bullets while the staff which bore the flag had been hit no less than ten times.
Thirty-second Ohio Infantry-Col. T. C. Ford organized this regiment in the summer of 1861 and it was one of the first to answer the call of the President for three years' service. Company B was recruited in Union and Champaign counties and companies C, D, E, F, G. H and K also con- tained men from Union county. This regiment was in the Virginias until January, 1863, when it was sent to assist Grant around Vicksburg. In the fighting around that city the regiment lost two hundred and twenty-five men. After a few months in Mississippi following the fall of Vicksburg, the regi- ment joined Sherman in Georgia during the month of February. 1864. From that time it remained with Sherman until it participated in the Grand Re- view at Washington, D. C. The regiment received its final discharge. July 25, 1865. at Columbus. It is claimed that this regiment lost and received more men than any other regiment in the whole state.
Thirty-third Ohio Infantry-In August, 1861, this regiment was organ- ized by Joshua W. Sill. It served in Kentucky and Tennessee under Gen- eral Mitchell until September and then joined Buell in pursuit of Bragg. It was at the battle of Perryville and lost heavily in that fight. This regi- ment was ultimately attached to Sherman's army and followed him through Georgia and the Carolinas to Washington. It was mustered out of the service on July 12. 1865. William Acton was the only man in this regiment from Union county. He enlisted in 1861, was captured at Perryville and was not discharged from the service until July 20, 1865.
Thirty-fourth Ohio Infantry-There were four Union county men in this regiment and three of them returned home after the expiration of their enlistments. The other was killed in battle. Col. A. S. Piatt organized the regiment in the summer of 1861 and all of its fighting was done in the (19)
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Virginias. Most of the regiment was captured January 11, 1865, and the survivors were later consolidated with the Thirty-sixth Ohio.
Thirty-eighth Ohio Infantry-Two men from the county enlisted in this regiment on September 1, 1861, and both served throughout the whole war, being mustered out on the same day, July 22, 1865. This regiment was first sent into Kentucky and after participating in all the battles in east- ern Tennessee, it was attached to Sherman's army and remained with him to the end of the war.
Thirty-ninth Ohio Infantry-This regiment was organized in August, 1861, and at once reported to General Fremont at St. Louis. It took part in the operations against New Madrid and Island No. 10, and then joined in the movement against Corinth. It was finally made a part of the army which Sherman led to the sea and through the Carolinas to Washington. It was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, in July, 1865. Union county's two men in this regiment both survived.
Fortieth Ohio Infantry-On December 7, 1861, this regiment was mus- tered into the service under Col. Jonathan Cranor and four days later it was ordered to Kentucky. It operated in Kentucky and Virginia until February, 1863, when it was sent to Tennessee and arrived in time to participate in the battle of Franklin. Later it fought in eastern Tennessee and was then at- tached to Sherman for the remainder of the war. Union county had thirty- seven men in this regiment at various times and most of them lived to return to their homes in the county.
Forty-first Ohio Infantry-Col. William B. Hazen organized this regi- ment in the fall of 1861 and at once reported to Buell at Louisville, Ken- tucky. After participating in the battles of Shiloh and Corinth, it fought around Chattanooga and followed Sherman as far as Atlanta. It then re- turned to Tennessee and served against Hood until the close of the war. It was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, November 20, 1865. The three Union county men in the regiment enlisted in the fall of 1864 and all three served until the close of the war and returned to their homes.
Forty-second Ohio Infantry-The organization of this regiment was completed in November, 1861, under Col. James A. Garfield. It was first sent to Kentucky and then was taken to Mississippi where it remained until after the surrender of Vicksburg. It was then taken to New Orleans where most of it was mustered out by companies. This regiment was in eleven battles, in which it lost one officer and twenty men killed, and eighteen officers and three hundred and twenty-five men wounded. Six of the thir- teen men from Union county in the regiment lost their lives.
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Forty-third Ohio Infantry-This regiment was organized February 7, 1862, under Col. J. L. Kirby Smith. It was sent to Missouri and was with Grant in Mississippi and later with Sherman until the close of the war. It was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, July 13, 1865. The eight Union county men in the regiment survived all the dangers of the three years they were at the front.
Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry-This regiment went to the front in the fall of 1861 and operated in West Virginia and Kentucky until the fall of 1863, when it followed Burnside in his advance into Tennessee. In January, 1864, the regiment was reenlisted on the condition that it be armed and mounted as cavalry. When it reassembled after a furlough at home, it was known as the Eighth Ohio Cavalry. All the six men from Union county remained with the regiment to the end and were discharged in the fall of 1865.
Forty-fifth Ohio Infantry-Union county furnished twenty-one men for this regiment which was mustered into the service in the fall of 1862. It was first sent to Kentucky, later to Tennessee and then back to Virginia. It was with Sherman on his Atlanta campaign as far as Atlanta and then returned to Tennessee and fought in the battle of Nashville. It was mus- tered out June 15, 1865.
Forty-sixth Ohio Infantry-This regiment was organized October 16, 1861, under Col. Thomas Worthington and reported to Sherman in Ken- tucky in February of the following year. In the battle of Shiloh it lost two hundred and eighty killed and wounded and fifteen captured. After the campaign against Corinth the regiment was at Vicksburg until the reduc- tion of that stronghold in the summer of 1863. The next change took them to Tennessee where they participated in all the battles of Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain around Chattanooga. The regiment then followed Sherman to Atlanta and from there returned to Tennessee in pursuit of Hood. It finally rejoined Sherman before he reached Savannah and was with him until the close of the war. It was finally mustered out at Louisville, Ken- tucky, July 22, 1865. Twenty-five Union county men were in this regiment.
Forty-seventh Ohio Infantry-The organization of this regiment was completed under Col. Frederick Poschner, August 13, 1861. It was at first sent to West Virginia and later was engaged in the fighting around Vicks- burg. From there it went to Chattanooga and then joined Sherman and remained with him until he reached Washington in the spring of 1865. Until it was discharged on August 11, 1865, it was stationed in Arkansas.
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Only three Union county men enlisted in this regiment and the records show that they were mustered out.
Forty-eighth Ohio Infantry-Col. Peter Sullivan completed the organ- ization of this regiment, February 17, 1862, and at once reported to Sherman at Paducah. After engaging in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth and the siege of Vicksburg, the entire regiment was captured at Sabine Cross Roads, and remained prisoners until exchanged in October, 1864. Re-enlisting after its exchange, it shared in the capture of Mobile and later operated in Texas until May, 1866, when it was mustered out of the service. Union county contributed seven men to this regiment and six of them lived to be mustered out of their respective companies.
Fifty-second Ohio Infantry-This regiment was organized in August, 1862, under Col. Daniel McCook. It immediately entered upon active ser- vice in Kentucky and after the battle of Perryville joined Sherman at Mis- sionary Ridge and remained with him until the close of the war. It was mustered out at Washington on June 3. 1865. Capt. J. A. Culbertson was the only Union county man in this regiment and he was mustered out of the service in January, 1863.
Fifty-third Ohio Infantry -- Col. J. J. Appler organized this regiment in January, 1862, and after his resignation he was succeeded by Col. W. S. Jones. It soon took the field under Sherman and was in the battles of Shiloh and Corinth. In June, 1863, it joined Grant around Vicksburg and after the fall of that city, went to eastern Tennessee and fought in all the battles around Chattanooga. It then joined Sherman and followed that general until the close of the war. After the Grand Review at Washington, the regiment was sent to Arkansas where it remained until it was mustered out in August, 1865. The two Union county men in this regiment were dis- charged in 1865.
Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry -- Union county had fifty-four men in this regiment and of this number, eleven died on the field and in hospitals, and six others were wounded. The regiment was organized in the fall and win- ter of 1861, under Col. Thomas Kirby Smith. It entered the field on Febru- ary 16, 1862, and was assigned to a brigade in the division commanded by Sherman. It fought at Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg and then went to Arkan- sas. The regiment was employed in digging a canal in Louisiana. It par- ticipated in the battle of Missionary Ridge and spent most of the remainder of the war with Sherman fighting its last battle at Bentonville, North Caro- lina, March 21, 1865. After the Grand Review it performed guard duty in Arkansas until it was mustered out. August 15, 1865. During its career it
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marched 3,682 miles, participated in four sieges, nine skirmishes and fifteen battles : it lost five hundred and six men, killed, wounded and missing.
Fifty-fifth Ohio Infantry-This regiment was mustered into the service under Col. John E. Lee, October 17, 1861. It operated in Virginia and fought in the battles of McDowell, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Wilder- ness, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. After the latter battle it was trans- ferred to the west and was present at the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. It followed Sherman through Georgia and the Carolinas to Washington. One Union county man was in this regiment and he was wounded at Bull Run.
Fifty-sixth Ohio Infantry-Col. Peter Kenney organized this regiment in December, 1861, and took it into the service in the following February. After fighting at Fort Donelson and Shiloh it joined Grant at Vicksburg and remained with him until after the fall of that stronghold. It then joined in the Red River expedition and lost heavily at Sabine Cross Roads. In November, 1864. the non-veterans were mustered out and the veterans served on guard duty at New Orleans until mustered out in March, 1866. Robert West was the only Union county man in this regiment and he served from the beginning until 1864, when he was mustered out.
Fifty-eighth Ohio Infantry-This regiment was organized and entered the field in February, 1862. under Col. Val. Bausenwein. It saw service at Fort Donelson. Shiloh, Corinth, Memphis and Vicksburg. After the fall of the latter city. the regiment was returned to Columbus, Ohio, and mustered out. January 14. 1865. It had been stationed at Vicksburg from the summer of 1863 until December, 1865. Union county was represented by four men in this regiment, all of whom were mustered out on the day the regiment was dismissed from the service.
Sixtieth Ohio Infantry -- This regiment was organized for one year under Col. William Trimble. It was sent to West Virginia in April. 1862. and spent its year in the Virginias. In the spring of 1864. the regiment was reorganized for the three years' service and was engaged in Virginia until the close of the war. It was finally mustered out on July 25, 1865. The four Union county men in the regiment were discharged the same day.
Sixty-first Ohio Infantry-Col. Newton Schleich organized this regi- ment at Camp Chase, in April. 1861. It saw service in Virginia until after the battle of Gettysburg when the regiment was transferred to Alabama. Subsequently, it engaged in the battle of Missionary Ridge and the siege of Knoxville. It remained with Sherman through Georgia and Carolina and at Goldsboro, North Carolina, was consolidated with the Eighty-second Ohio.
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Its losses were so heavy that at the end it was reduced to a little band of sixty officers and men. With the Eighty-second, it participated in the Grand Review and was mustered out September 1, 1865. Of the five Union county men in the regiment, one was killed, two others wounded and three captured.
Sixty-second Ohio Infantry-This regiment was organized in Novem- ber, 1861, under Col. F. B. Pond and first served under Shields in Virginia. It was in the Peninsular campaign of Mcclellan and was then taken to the Carolinas. During 1864 and 1865 it was with Grant in his advance on Richmond. In September, 1865, it was conslidated with the Sixty-seventh, the combined regiment taking the name of the latter regiment. Union county's one man, Nathan Howard, was mustered out December 12, 1865.
Sixty-third Ohio Infantry-By the consolidation of two battalions, the Twenty-second and the Sixty-third, this regiment was organized in February, 1862, under Col. John W. Sprague. It immediately joined the Army of the Mississippi under Pope and was engaged in all of the movements which resulted in the capture of Island No. 10 and Corinth. After operating in Alabama and Tennessee until October, 1863. it joined the Army of the Cum- berland and fought in all the battles with Sherman to the end of the war. After the Grand Review at Washington, it was taken to Louisville, Ken- tucky, where it was mustered out, July 8, 1865. One of the eight Union county men in the regiment was killed.
Sixty-fourth Ohio Infantry-This regiment was organized November 8, 1861, and after joining the National forces in Kentucky, moved on to Nashville. It participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinthi, Stone's River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and the siege of Knoxville. It then joined the Atlanta campaign, but after the fall of Atlanta, followed in pursuit of Hood. At the close of the war, the regiment was ordered to Texas where it remained until it was mustered out December 8, 1865. The two Union county men in the regiment lived to be mustered out at the end of the war.
Sixty-fifth Ohio Infantry-On December 1, 1861. this regiment was mustered into the service under Col. Charles G. Harker. It at once joined Gen. Wood in Kentucky and from there moved to Shiloh. Its chief battles were Corinth, Stone's River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and all the bat- tles of the Atlanta campaign as far as Atlanta. After the fall of that city, the regiment pursued Hood. After the close of the war it was sent to Texas for garrison duty and was finally discharged at Columbus, Ohio, January 2. 1866. Three Union county men survived all the battles and were mustered out.
Sixty-sixth Ohio Infantry-Union county furnished one complete com-
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pany for this regiment and besides this company F, the county had men in companies A, B, D, E, I and K. This regiment was organized at Camp McArthur, Urbana, Ohio, October 1, 1861, under Col. Charles Candy. On January 17, 1862, it moved to West Virginia. It remained in the Virginias until the fall of 1863, when it was sent to Chattanooga. It fought in all the battles around that city and was with Sherman most of the rest of the war. The regiment was mustered out July 19, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio, after serving in twelve states, marching over eleven thousand miles and par- ticipating in nineteen battles. It had a death loss of one hundred and twelve and a wounded list of about three hundred and fifty. In the battle of Port Republic, Company F, the Union county company, lost nine killed. twelve wounded and nine captured. The totals for this company show that forty-one died on the field or in hospitals, thirty-four were wounded and eight were taken prisoners.
Seventieth Ohio Infantry-This regiment was organized during the fall of 1861, under Col. Joseph B. Cockerill. In February of the following year it was sent to Kentucky and from there went to Shiloh and Corinth. It fought around Vicksburg until after the fall of that city and then moved on to Jackson, Mississippi. In January, 1864, the regiment was veteranized and accompanied Sherman the remainder of the war. It was mustered out, August 14, 1865. L. L. Painter, the one Union county man in this regi- ment, was mustered out with his regiment.
Seventy-first Ohio Infantry-Col. Rodney Mason organized this regi- ment and it was mustered into the service on February 1, 1862. Its first battle was at Shiloh. During the summer of 1862, it operated along the Cumberland river and in August was captured to a man by an overwhelming force. After its exchange, it guarded railroads in Tennessee and was on the Atlanta campaign under Sherman until the battle of Nashville, where it took an active and effective part. It served in Texas during the summer and fall of 1865 and was finally mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, in January, 1866. The two Union county men lived to be mustered out.
Seventy-fourth Ohio Infantry-Organized in February, 1862, this regi- ment was mustered in under Col. Granville Moody. It was on guard duty in Tennessee until the battle of Stone's River and then participated in all of the battles around Chattanooga. The rest of its service in the war was spent under Sherman, following that famous leader through Georgia and the Caro- linas to the city of Washington. After the Grand Review at Washington, it was taken to Louisville, Kentucky, where it was mustered out, July 10,
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1865. The three Union county men lived to recount their exploits to their children.
Seventy-sixth Ohio Infantry-This regiment was recruited in the fall of 1861 by Col. C. R. Woods. The regiment was filled up and mustered into the service on February 9, 1862, with nine hundred and sixty-two officers and men. Its first engagement was at Fort Donelson and from there the regiment went to Shiloh and later to Corinth. It remained around the vicinity of Vicksburg until after the fall of that city and then turned to pur- sue Johnston. Its next severe fighting took place in the half dozen engage- ments around Chattanooga. During the remainder of the war it was with Sherman and after participating in the Grand Review it was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, July 24. 1865. This regiment, which included twelve Union county men, engaged in forty-seven battles and skirmishes : lost three hundred and fifty officers and men on the field and in the hospitals, and had three hundred and forty-one wounded in battle.
Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry-On January 11, 1862, this regiment was ready for duty. Its career is practically identical with that of the Seventy-sixth Ohio. It was mustered out July 11, 1865, at Louisville, Ken- tucky. Four Union county men in this regiment were able to be mustered out at the end of the history of their regiment.
Seventy-ninth Ohio Infantry-This regiment was organized in July, 1862, and took the field the following month. It operated in Kentucky and Tennessee until 1864 when it joined Sherman and remained with him until the close of the war. It was mustered out on June 9, 1865. Corporal Silas McFadden was the sole representative of Union county in this regiment and he was discharged from the service March 25, 1863.
Eightieth Ohio Infantry-Two men from this county were in this regi- ment, which was organized in December, 1861, under Col. E. B. Eckley. It was assigned to Pope's command and served with him at the siege of Corinth. It afterwards fought around Vicksburg until after that city capitu- lated. After fighting at Missionary Ridge, the regiment was attached to Sherman's army and was with him the most of the time until the war closed. After peace had been declared the regiment performed garrison duty in Arkansas until mustered out, August 15, 1865. Both of the two Union county men in the regiment served to the end.
Eighty-first Ohio Infantry-Col. Thomas Morton organized this regi- ment in the fall of 1861. It served in Missouri until March, 1862, when it was transferred to the Army of the Tennessee. It was at Shiloh and the siege of Corinth and then did guard duty in Tennessee until May, 1864.
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From that time until the close of the war the regiment was with Sherman. After the Grand Review it was taken to Louisville, Kentucky, where it was mustered out, July 11, 1865. Seven Union county men were in this regi- ment, and all but one returned to their homes, one dying at Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Eighty-second Ohio Infantry-On the last day of 1861, this regiment was organized under Col. James Cantwell. In the following month it moved into West Virginia and camped near the village of Fetterman where it spent several weeks in drilling and getting ready for active service in the field. It remained in the east until the fall of 1863, participating in the battle of Gettysburg and many of the decisive battles in Virginia, when it was trans- ferred to Chattanooga. After fighting in the terrible conflicts around that city. the regiment joined Sherman and remained with him until the Grand Re- view at Washington. It was finally mustered out, July 29, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio. Union county furnished all the officers and men for Company H and also had men in companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I and J. Nine of company H were killed in battle, seven were mortally wounded, eleven died in hospitals, twenty-nine were wounded and ten were taken prisoners.
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