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

3-Inch Ordnance Rifle similar to those used by several Ohio batteries during the war

Ohio Heavy Artillery Regiments

Other Ohio Volunteer Infantry Units

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
  • Blazer's Scouts
  • 3rd Independent Company Cavalry
  • 4th Independent Company Cavalry
  • 5th Independent Company Cavalry
  • 6th Independent Company Cavalry
  • Burdsell's Independent Company Cavalry
  • George's Independent Company Cavalry
  • Ironton Independent Company Cavalry
  • Harlan Light Cavalry
  • Union Light Guard

See also

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

  1. ↑ Reid, Vol. 1, pp. 160–64.
  2. ↑ Harper, pp. 9–10.
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