48th Battalion, Ohio Infantry

Brief History
The 48th Battalion, Ohio Infantry mustered in July 24, 1865, by consolidation of the 48th, 83rd and 114th Ohio Infantry. They were mustered out May 9, 1866.

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


 * Larry Stevens' Ohio in the Civil War, 48th Ohio Infantry
 * The Civil War Archive section, 48th Ohio Battalion Infantry, (accessed 30 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.

Company A -

Company B -

Company C -

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 737 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

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.


 * Bering, John A.; Montgomery, Thomas. History of the Forty-Eighth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry : giving a complete account of the regiment from its organization at Camp Dennison, O., in October, 1861, to the close of the war, and its final muster-out, May 10, 1866, including all its marches, camps, battles, battle-scenes, skirmishes, sieges, bivouacs, picketing, foraging and scouting, with its capture, prison life and exchange ; embracing also an account of the escape and re-capture of Major J. A. Bering and Lieut. W. J. Strofe, and the closing events of the war in the trans-Mississippi dept. (Hillsboro, Ohio : Highland News Office, 1880)