The 128th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 128th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 128th OVI) was an
infantry
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regiment
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in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War
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.
Service
The 128th Ohio Infantry was organized in
Columbus
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* Columbus, Ohio, the capital city of the U.S. state of Ohio
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and
Johnson's Island, Ohio and mustered in for three years service under the command of
Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
Charles W. Hill. Companies A through E were organized January through September 1862; Companies E through K were organized December 1863 through January 1864.
The regiment moved from Columbus to
Sandusky, Ohio
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, January 1864. It performed guard duty at Sandusky and at Johnson's Island, Sandusky Bay, until July 1865. Portions of the regiment served on detached duty in
West Virginia
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. The regiment moved to
Camp Chase
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July 10, and mustered out of service on July 17, 1865.
Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 64 men during service; 1 officer and 63 enlisted men died of disease.
Commanders
* Colonel Charles W. Hill
*
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas H. Linnell
See also
*
List of Ohio Civil War units
During the American Civil War, nearly 320,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army, more than any other Northern state except New York and Pennsylvania. Of these, 5,092 were free blacks. Ohio had the highest percentage of population enlisted in the ...
*
Ohio in the Civil War
During the American Civil War, the State of Ohio played a key role in providing troops, military officers, and supplies to the Union army. Due to its central location in the Northern United States and burgeoning population, Ohio was both politi ...
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.
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External links
Ohio in the Civil War: 128th Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Larry StevensNational flag of the 128th Ohio InfantryRegimental flag of the 128th Ohio Infantry
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Military units and formations established in 1862
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
Units and formations of the Union army from Ohio
1862 establishments in Ohio