List of Ohio Civil War units
During the American Civil War, nearly 320,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army, more than any other Northern state except New York and Pennsylvania.[1] Of these, 5,092 were free blacks. Ohio had the highest percentage of population enlisted in the military of any state. Sixty percent of all the men between the ages of 18 and 45 were in the service. Ohio mustered 230 regiments of infantry and cavalry, as well as 25 light artillery batteries and 5 independent companies of sharpshooters. Total casualties among these units numbered 35,475 men, more than 10% of all the Buckeyes in uniform during the war. There were 6,835 men killed in action, including 402 officers.[2]
Volunteer infantry regiments
Volunteer cavalry regiments
Volunteer artillery
Ohio Independent Artillery Batteries
1st Ohio Light Artillery
- Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
- Battery B, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
- Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
- Battery D, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
- Battery E, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
- Battery F, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
- Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
- Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
- Battery I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
- Battery K, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
- Battery L, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
- Battery M, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
Ohio Heavy Artillery Regiments
Other Ohio Volunteer Infantry Units
- 1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters
- 1st Independent Company Sharpshooters
- 2nd Independent Company Sharpshooters
- 3rd Independent Company Sharpshooters
- 4th Independent Company Sharpshooters
- 5th Independent Company Sharpshooters
- 6th Independent Company Sharpshooters
- 7th Independent Company Sharpshooters [Sherman's Bodyguard]
- 8th Independent Company Sharpshooters
- 9th Independent Company Sharpshooters
- 10th Independent Company Sharpshooters
- Blazer's Scouts
- Captain Bard's Company
- Dennison Guards
- Trumbull Guards
- Wallace Guards
- Departmental Corps
Other Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Units
- 1st Independent Battalion Cavalry, later 11th Ohio Cavalry
- 2nd Independent Battalion Cavalry
- 3rd Independent Battalion Cavalry
- 4th Independent Battalion Cavalry
- 5th Independent Battalion Cavalry
- McLaughlin's Independent Squadron Cavalry
- Burdsell's Independent Company Cavalry
- George's Independent Company Cavalry
- Harlan Light Cavalry
- Ironton Independent Company Cavalry
- Union Light Guard
- 3rd Independent Company Cavalry
- 4th Independent Company Cavalry
- 5th Independent Company Cavalry
- 6th Independent Company Cavalry
See also
- Ohio in the Civil War by Larry Stevens
- Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
- Ohio in the American Civil War
- List of Ohio's American Civil War generals
References
- Harper, Robert S., Ohio Handbook of the Civil War. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio Historical Society, 1961.
- Reid, Whitelaw, Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers. 2 vol. Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin, 1868.
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 70 volumes in 4 series. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1880-1901.
Notes
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