86th Regiment, Ohio Infantry

Brief History
The 86th Regiment, Ohio Infantry mustered in June 10, 1862 at Camp Chase, Ohio. They were mustered out September 25, 1862 at Camp Delaware, Ohio.

For more information on the history of this unit, see:


 * Larry Stevens' Ohio in the Civil War, 86th Ohio Infantry
 * The Civil War Archive section, 86th Regiment Infantry, (accessed 31 August 2012).

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.

Officers and staff - See Roster

Company A - Many men from Mahoning County. See Roster.

Company B - Many men from Union County. See Roster.

Company C - Many men from Lorain County, Richland County, and Seneca County. See Roster.

Company D - Many men from Wayne County and Wood County. See Roster.

Company E - Many men from Hamilton County, Williams County, and Union County. See Roster and Roster.

Company F - Many men from Morgan County, Fulton County and Wood County. See Roster.

Company G - Many men from Trumbull County, Medina County, Wayne County and Columbiana County. See Roster.

Company H - Many men from Fulton County. See Roster.

Company I - Many men from Seneca County and Williams County. See Roster.

Company K - Many men from Butler County and Ross County. and See Roster.

Counties determined by location of the towns given in the rosters in Joseph Nelson Ashburn's book, History of the Eighty-Sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, [A.S. Gilman Print. Co.], 1909.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1,426 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

Other Sources

 * 86th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Civil War Index, which includes history, battles, and roster with name, rank, age, date entered service, period of service and remarks.


 * 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


 * Ashburn, Joseph Nelson.History of the Eighty-Sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993) and (Washington, District of Columbia : Filmed by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1988)