Ohio in the Civil War

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Introduction
Ohio contributed more men as Union soldiers than any other state, except New York and Pennsylvania. Nearly 320,000 Union soldiers came from Ohio. It also provided greatly to the supplies of the Union Army throughout the war.

Ohio provided 230 regiments of infantry and caralry, 26 light artillery batteries and 5 independent sharpshooter companies. Before the war, Ohio was a major stopping place for the Underground Railroad. 5,092 free blacks were part of the Ohio regiments.

The following Union generals were from Ohio: Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, and Philip H. Sheridan, and several others.

For more information, see the Wikipedia article, Ohio in the American Civil War.

The information in the lists of Ohio Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site. This web site also can be searched by the name of a soldier.

Ohio Military Units
Most units were numbered, however, some were named. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and unassigned companies.

Ohio Units by Number or by Name Union Units 1st-8th 9th-22nd 23rd-65th 66th-115th 116th-165th 166th-200th A to Z Ohio Units by Type of Unit Union Units Infantry Cavalry Artillery Sharpshooters Other 166th-200th A to Z

Service Records
The index to the federal service records of Union volunteers from Ohio is:


 * Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Ohio United States. Adjutant General's Office.

Union Pension Records
The index to the Union pension records for all states is:


 * Pension Index File, Alphabetical

The actual service and pension records are available only at the National Archives. To order a copy of the original records, use NATF Form 80, which is available from the National Archives, at the nearest federal office building or online

Federal Pensions
Names and residences of persons receiving federal pensions in 1883 can be found in:


 * Index to Ohio Pensioners of 1883. This includes veterans of the Civil War and the War of 1812 or their widows.

Civil War Pension Index Cards - A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch Record Search. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars, of that time period, may be included.

State Records
Records of Civil War soldiers were also kept by county and state officials. These include:


 * Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion: Original Muster In &amp; Muster Out Rolls of Ohio Military Organization in the Civil War, 1-3 Year Enlistments, 1861-1866 Rosters are arranged by name of regiment and give enlistment and service information about each soldier.


 * Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion: Muster In &amp; Muster Out Rolls of Ohio Military Organization in the Civil War, 1861-1866, 3-Month Enlistments Arranged by regiment.


 * Official Roster of the Colored Troops of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion: Original Muster In and Muster Out Rolls of the Civil War, 1-3 Year Enlistments, 1861-1866


 * Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866 The files were compiled by the Works Progress Administration in 1938.

Rolls of Honor
A published roster is also available in:


 * Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866.

Biographical Sketches
Officers


 * Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers

National Old Soldier Homes
For records of national old soldier homes, including the one in Dayton, Ohio, which served Ohio and nearby states, see:


 * Registers of Veterans at National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1937 Includes general indexes for each of the 12 homes, but some individual volumes are indexed separately. These may list a soldier's name, date and place of enlistment, rank, military unit, length of service, date and place of discharge, place of birth, age, physical description, religion, occupation, previous residence, marital status, nearest relative, pension, home admission and discharge dates, disability, death date, or cause of death. Though most were Civil War soldiers, veterans of other wars were included.

State Soldiers' Home

 * Located in Sandusky; Ohio Veterans Home (Sandusky, Ohio). Veterans Home Records, 1889-1995. Sanduskey and Georgetown

Quarterly Publication

 * Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal. This publication is devoted exclusively to Ohio and Ohioans in the Civil War.

Other Sources

 * Civil War Soldiers &amp; Sailors System has the information listed above and may have additional historical information. Searches can be made by name of a soldier or sailor. Information about cemeteries battles, prisoners, medals of honor and national parks is also included.


 * Ohio in the Civil War by Larry Stevens, includes brief histories of the regiments, bibliographies of regiments, and often lists of companies with their counties.


 * Ohio Civil War Genealogy Center, by The Ohio Genealogical Society, has a search for names of Union Soldiers in Ohio Units, a search for the surname in the Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal, and a search of the index of the Society of Civil War Families of Ohio Roster.