During the

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, nearly 320,000 Ohioans served in the

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, more than any other Northern state except New York and

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. Of these, 5,092 were free blacks. Ohio had the highest percentage of population enlisted in the military of any state. Sixty percent of all the men between the ages of 18 and 45 were in the service. Ohio mustered 230

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s of

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and

cavalry Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from "cheval" meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry ...

, as well as 25 light

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and 5 independent companies of

sharpshooter A sharpshooter is one who is highly proficient at firing firearms or other projectile weapons accurately. Military units composed of sharpshooters were important factors in 19th-century combat. Along with "marksman" and "expert", "sharpshooter" i ...

s. Total casualties among these units numbered 35,475 men, more than 10% of all the Buckeyes in uniform during the war. There were 6,835 men killed in action, including 402 officers.Harper, pp. 9–10.

Volunteer infantry regiments

Volunteer cavalry regiments

Volunteer artillery

Ohio Independent Artillery Batteries

1st Ohio Light Artillery

Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The battery was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on September ...

Battery B, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery B, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery was often referred to as Standart's Battery or Standart's Ohio Battery. Service The battery was organized Camp ...

Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The battery was organized Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on Septem ...

* Battery D, 1st Ohio Light Artillery * Battery E, 1st Ohio Light Artillery * Battery F, 1st Ohio Light Artillery * Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery * Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery * Battery I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery * Battery K, 1st Ohio Light Artillery * Battery L, 1st Ohio Light Artillery * Battery M, 1st Ohio Light Artillery

Ohio Heavy Artillery Regiments

* 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery *

2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery Regiment was an artillery regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery Regiment was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. ...

Other Ohio Volunteer Infantry Units

Black Brigade of Cincinnati The Black Brigade of Cincinnati was a military unit of African-American soldiers, that was organized in 1862 during the American Civil War, when the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, was in danger of being attacked, by the Confederate Army. The members ...

* 1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters * 1st Independent Company Sharpshooters * 2nd Independent Company Sharpshooters * 3rd Independent Company Sharpshooters * 4th Independent Company Sharpshooters * 5th Independent Company Sharpshooters * 6th Independent Company Sharpshooters * 7th Independent Company Sharpshooters herman's Bodyguard* 8th Independent Company Sharpshooters * 9th Independent Company Sharpshooters * 10th Independent Company Sharpshooters * Captain Bard's Company * Dennison Guards * Trumbull Guards * Wallace Guards * Departmental Corps

Other Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Units

* 1st Independent Battalion Cavalry, later 11th Ohio Cavalry * 2nd Independent Battalion Cavalry * 3rd Independent Battalion Cavalry * 4th Independent Battalion Cavalry * 5th Independent Battalion Cavalry * McLaughlin's Independent Squadron Cavalry *

Blazer's Scouts Blazer's Scouts was a unit of the Union Army during the second half of the American Civil War. They were particularly active in tracking down and confronting Confederate partisans and guerrillas in West Virginia and Virginia; especially those of ...

* 3rd Independent Company Cavalry * 4th Independent Company Cavalry * 5th Independent Company Cavalry * 6th Independent Company Cavalry * Burdsell's Independent Company Cavalry * George's Independent Company Cavalry * Ironton Independent Company Cavalry * Harlan Light Cavalry * Union Light Guard

Notes

References

* * Harper, Robert S., ''Ohio Handbook of the Civil War.'' Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio Historical Society, 1961. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * U.S. War Department, ''The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies'', 70 volumes in 4 series. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.

External links

Ohio in the Civil War
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