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United States   U.S. Military    Ohio    Ohio in the War of 1812     Ohio War of 1812 Units 1st through 8th

Ohio furnished 1,759 Officers and 24,521 enlisted men for the War of 1812.

Ohio Historical Society, Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812, search the full text of the roster from the Adjutant General records, including the names of soldiers.

Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812, by the Ohio Adjutant General's Office at Archive.org has the following information. (Page numbers refer to this book.)


 * 1st Regiment, Ohio Militia, had 108 companies, p. 5-42 Colonel Duncan McArthur
 * 2nd Regiment, Ohio Militia, had 85 companies, p. 42-68
 * 3rd Regiment Ohio Militia, had 56 companies, p. 68-86
 * Unassigned Infantry or Companies of Unknown Regiments, had 185 companies, p. 86
 * Spies, p. 123, 155
 * Assigned to U.S. Infantry, had 5 Companies, p. 156-157
 * Mounted Infantry, had 25 Companies, p. 147-155
 * Cavalry, had 13 troops, p. 145-147 (or only 10?)
 * Artillery, had 1 battery

Companies in the 1st Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Field and staff roster

Captain James Alexander's Company - probably from Jefferson County, served from Ausust 23, 1812 until November 30, 1813. Roster.

Captain Aaron Allen's Company - county not known, served from September 15, 1812 until March 16, 1813. Roster.

Captain Jacob Gilbert's Company - probably from Jefferson County, served from August 25, 1812 until February 28, 1813. Roster.

Captain Joseph Holmes' Company - probably from Jefferson County, served from August 23, 1812 until February 28, 1813. Roster.

Captain William Foulk's Company - probably from Jefferson County, served from August 23, 1812 until February 28, 1813. Roster.

Captain Thomas Latta's Company- probably from Jefferson County, served from September 15, 1812 until March 21, 1813. Roster.

Captain David Peck's Company - from either Harrison County or Jefferson County, served from August 25, 1812 until Febrary 28, 1813. Roster.

Captain William Stoakes Company - probably from Harrison County, served from August 21, 1812 until February 28, 1813. Roster.

Company and county information from the Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812, by the Ohio Adjutant General's Office at Archive.org, starting on page 5.

Companies in the 2nd Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Companies in the 3rd Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Updating Civil War Task Lists
This will show what has been done and what still needs to be done for each state and regiment.

1. Go to the N drive.

2. Scroll down to FHL and double-click it.

3. Scroll down to US/Can Ref and double-click it.

4. Scroll down to Wiki and double-click it.

5. Scroll down past the file folders to Civil War and click it. This takes you to the Excel spreadsheet.

6. Using the tabs at the bottom, find the state you are working on and click the tab.

7. Open the Internet.

8. Go to the FamilySearch Wiki at wiki.familysearch.org

9. In the Search box, type: [state] in the civil war. For example: new york in the civil war

10. On the results list, click the BLUE words matching what you typed.

11. When the page comes up, scroll down to the blue or grey boxes.

12. Click the first box with numbers. This will give you a list of military units/regiments.

13. Click on each regiment to see what has been done for each when compared with the task list.

14. Update the task list to reflect what has been done.