The 76th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 76th OVI) was an

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. The regiment served in the Western Theater, primarily as part of the

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Organization

Special Order Number 882 of October 1861 authorized

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to organize a

at Camp Sherman, near

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. Recruitment had begun for a

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regiment as early as September 1861. Enrollment was for three years' duty. Since the majority of the troops were from Licking County, the regiment had the field nickname of "The Licking Volunteers." The regiment held 962 officers and men when it was mustered in on February 9, 1862. The initial officers were as follows: * Colonel Charles R. Woods * Lt. Colonel

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* Major

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* Adjutant Jerome N. Rappleyea (1831-1896) * Quartermaster Henry D. Wright * Surgeon Charles R. Pierce * Asst. Surgeon Thomas B. Hood * Chaplain Reverend John W. McCarty

Companies

Company A formed November 1, 1861: * Captain Thaddeus Lemert • Captain Zebulon Parker Evans * 1st Lieutenant Bevery W. Lemert * 2nd Lieutenant Simeon B. Wall Company B formed November 12, 1861: * Captain Joseph M. Scott * 1st Lieutenant Ira P. French * 2nd Lieutenant John R. Miller Company C formed December 4, 1861: * Captain Levi P. Coman * 1st Lieutenant John S. Anderson * 2nd Lieutenant John V. Gray Company D formed December 16, 1861: * Captain Charles H. Kibler * 1st Lieutenant I. Newton Hempsted * 2nd Lieutenant Reason C. Strong Company E formed December 16, 1861: * Captain Joseph C. Wehrle * 1st Lieutenant Michael R. Maher * 2nd Lieutenant Charles Luther Company F formed December 18, 1861: * Captain Strew M. Emmons * 1st Lieutenant James H. H. Hunter * 2nd Lieutenant Freeman Morrison Company G formed January 7, 1862: * Captain James Stewart * 1st Lieutenant Jehile T. Wintrode * 2nd Lieutenant Richard W. Burt Company H: * Captain Jerome N. Rappleyea (1831-1896) * 1st Lieutenant John A. Dill * 2nd Lieutenant Lucien H. Wright Company I was originally Company B of the

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. They were transferred to the 76th OVI on February 3, 1862.: * Captain Edward Biggs * 1st Lieutenant James M. Blackburn * 2nd Lieutenant John H. Hardgrove Company K: * Captain James M. Jay * 1st Lieutenant David R. Kelley * 2nd Lieutenant Mark Sperry

Service

During the service time of the 76th OVI, from February 1862 to July 1865, the unit saw action in an estimated 44 battles across eleven

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. Notable events were as follows:

1862

*February 9: Mustered in and left Camp Sherman to join the campaign up the

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s *February 14 to February 16:

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*March 6 to March 31: Operations along the

and then joined the

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*April 6 and April 7:

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*April 29 to May 30:

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*August 16: Captured 40 men from the 31st Louisiana at

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*August 18: Captured the steamer ''Fairplay'' *October 22 to ovember 12: Rest and reorganization at Pilot Knob, Missouri *December 22: joined the Yazoo River expedition of Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman in the Vicksburg Campaign, Operations against Vicksburg Campaign *December 26 to December 29: Battle of Chickasaw Bayou

1863

*January 9 to January 11:

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*January 23 to April: various movements as part of Grant's Operations against Vicksburg *May 12:

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*May 14:

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*May 18 to July 4:

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*July 10 to July 17:

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*July 23 to late September: camped at Big Black River *October 20 to October 29: destroyed tracks along the

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*November 23 to November 25: Third Battle of Chattanooga *November 27:

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{the colors of the 76th OVI were captured by the 1st Arkansas CSA; the colors were returned to the 76th OVI Veterans by the 1st Arkansas September 20. 1916 *November 28 to December 8: relief of

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1864

*January 1: went to winter quarters at

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*May 14 and May 15:

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*May 28:

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*June 9 to July 3:

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*June 27:

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*July 22:

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*July 28:

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*August 31 and September 1:

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*September 29 to November 3: operations against Hood's Tennessee Campaign in northern

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*October 18: non-veterans mustered out at

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*November 15 to December 21:

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*December 21 to January 9, 1865: provost guard in

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1865

*January 31 to April 1:

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*March 19 to March 21:

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*March 24: occupation of Goldsborough *April 10 to April 24: advance on and occupation of

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*May 24:

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*July 15: mustered out in

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*July 24: discharged in

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The 76th OVI mustered out on July 15, 1865.

Commanders

* Colonel Charles L. Woods - promoted to

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, August 22, 1863 * Colonel William B. Woods -

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Brigadier General, January 12, 1865; promoted to Brigadier General June 11, 1865 * Lieutenant Colonel Reason C. Strong - mustered out with regiment on July 15, 1865Ohio Roster Commission, ''Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865'', vol. 6 (70th—86th Regiments—Infantry), part 1 (Akron, Ohio: The Werner Ptg. and Mfg. Co., 1888), p. 257.

References

* Dyer, Frederick Henry, ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion.'' 3 volumes. New York: T. Yoseloff, 1908. *

External links

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