The 84th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 84th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 84th OVI) was an

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Service

The 84th Ohio Infantry was organized at

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in Columbus, Ohio May through June 1862 and mustered in on June 7, 1862, for three months service under the command of

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William Lawrence. It was ordered to Cumberland, Maryland, June 11, 1862, and served provost duty there until September. The regiment was attached to Railroad District, Department of the Mountains, to July 1862, and

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, to September. Moved to New Creek September 13 to repel the attack on that point by Jenkins and Imboden. Moved to Camp Chase, then to Camp Delaware in

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, and mustered out October 14, 1862.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 14 men, 1 officer and 13 enlisted men during service, all due to disease.

Commanders

* Colonel William Lawrence

Notable members

* Private

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, Company E –

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* Colonel William Lawrence –

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, 1865–1871, 1873–1877 * Private Daniel C. Roberts, Company C – composer; known for God of Our Fathers, a hymn written for the centennial of the

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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. * Woodward, Henry D. ''Letters from Henry D. Woodward to His Mother'' (Toledo, OH: s.n.), 1874. ;Attribution *

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