188th Ohio Infantry

188th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Active March 4, 1865, to September 21, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry

The 188th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 188th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 188th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, and mustered in for one year service on March 4, 1865, under the command of Colonel Jacob E. Taylor.

The regiment left Ohio for Nashville, Tennessee, March 4. It was attached to 1st Brigade, Defenses Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Department of the Cumberland, to April 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Sub-District, District of Middle Tennessee, to September 1865. Performed provost duty at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, until May 1865. At Tullahoma, Tennessee, until July, and at Nashville, Tennessee, until September 1865.

The 188th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service September 21, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 45 enlisted men during service, all due to disease.

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Notable members

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