1st Regiment, Ohio Light Artillery Militia (3 months, 1861).

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Brief History
The 1st Ohio Artillery Militia was organized before the Civil War began, under Colonel James Barnett. After serving three months in West Virginia, it was mustered for three years September 3, 1861. See 1st Regiment, Ohio Light Artillery for the continued history.

"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

Companies in this 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.

Battery A - Cotter's Battery - many men from Portage County.

Battery B - Standardt's Ohio Battery - many men from Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, and Lorain County.

Battery C - many men from Ashland County, Geauga County, and Lake County.

Battery D - many men from Ashland County, Portage County, and Summit County.

Battery E - Edgerton's Battery - many men from Cuyahoga, Lorain County, Medina County, and Morrow County.

Battery F - many men from Locust Grove, Adams County; Brown County, and Clermont County.

Battery G - many men from Cuyahoga County, and Lucas County; Freedom, Liberty, and Washington Townships, Wood County.

Battery H - Huntington's Battery - many men from Toledo, Lucas County; Monroe County, and Washington County.

Battery I - many men from Hamilton County and Portage County.

Battery K - many men from Washington County and mix.

Battery L - many men from Portsmouth and Scioto County.

Battery M - many men from Auglaize County, Miami County, and Shelby County.

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Ohio in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Ohio in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Ohio, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.