The 191nd Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 191st Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 191st OVI) was an

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Service

The 191st Ohio Infantry was organized at

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January through February 1865 and mustered in for one year service under the command of

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Robert Lewis Kimberly. The regiment left Ohio for Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, March 10, 1865. It was attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah, March 20. Marched to Charleston March 21. Transferred to 2nd (Ohio) Brigade, 2nd Provisional Division, March 27. Duty near Charleston until April 4. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley in vicinity of Winchester, Stevenson's Depot, and Jordan's Springs, April to August. The 191st Ohio Infantry mustered out of service August 27, 1865, at

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, and was discharged September 5, 1865.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 29 enlisted men during service, all due to disease.

Commanders

* Colonel Robert Lewis Kimberly

References

* Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. * Ohio Roster Commission. ''Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865, Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission'' (Akron, OH: Werner Co.), 1886–1895. * Reid, Whitelaw. ''Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers'' (Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin), 1868. ;Attribution *

External links

Ohio in the Civil War: 191st Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Larry Stevens

National flag of the 191st Ohio Infantry

Regimental flag of the 191st Ohio Infantry
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