Ohio Civil War Sharpshooters Union Units

The information in this list of Ohio Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). This web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier. The Ohio Civil War Genealogy Center by the Ohio Genealogical Society uses the same data as the CWSS, but its search engine is more flexible, allowing for searches by partial name and Soundex.


 * 1st Battalion, Ohio Sharpshooters. "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 5th Independent Company, Ohio Sharpshooters Mustered in: February 25, 1863 at Camp Cleveland, Ohio. Mustered out: July 19, 1865 at Headquarters Generals Rosecrans and Thomas, Commanding Army and Department of the Cumberland.


 * 6th Independent Company, Ohio Sharpshooters Mustered in: December 30, 1862 at Camp Cleveland, Ohio. Mustered out: July 19, 1865 at Headquarters of Generals Rosecrans and Thomas, Commanding Army and Department of the Cumberland.


 * 7th Independent Company, Ohio Sharpshooters Mustered in: January 27, 1863 at Camp Cleveland, Ohio. Mustered out: July 28, 1865 at Headquarters of General Sherman, Commanding Military Division Mississippi.


 * 8th Independent Company, Ohio Sharpshooters Mustered in: March 9, 1863 at Camp Dennison, Ohio. Mustered out: July 19, 1865 at Headquarters of Generals Rosecrans and Thomas, Commanding Army and Department of the Cumberland.


 * Cincinnati Rifles, see Neff's Detachment, Ohio Volunteers


 * Morton's Independent Rifle Regiment, see 81st Regiment, Ohio Infantry