The 6th Ohio Infantry Regiment was a

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in the Union Army during the

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, primarily serving in the Western Theater in a series of campaigns and battles.

Organization and service

The 6th Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized in southwestern

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in the spring of 1861, formed around a nucleus independent militia unit known as the Guthrie Greys. It was mustered into Federal service on May 12. Most of its recruits were from Hamilton County and surrounding areas.

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and first Commander was William K. Bosley and Nicholas Longworth Anderson of

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was its first lieutenant colonel. Anderson served as colonel of the regiment during its last two years of service. The 6th was first sent to

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before mustering out when its initial three-months term of enlistment expired. Reorganized as a three-years regiment, the regiment spent the next three years in the Western Theater before being mustered out on June 23, 1864. On March 13, 1865, Anderson was

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to the rank of major general and brigadier general, for "gallant conduct and meritorious services in the

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, Dec. 31, 1862" and for "distinguished gallantry and meritorious conduct in the

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, Sept. 19 and 20, 1863". The lineage and history of the 6th Ohio Infantry Regiment was carried on by the 147th Infantry Regiment during

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as part of the 37th Division, and during

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as a separate unit. The unit continued as the 1st Battalion, 147th Armor (

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) until that unit's reorganization in 2007.

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External links

6th OVI Page by Larry Stevens

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