Ohio Civil War Union Units A to Z

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The information in this list of Ohio Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). This web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier. The Ohio Civil War Genealogy Center by the Ohio Genealogical Society uses the same data as the CWSS, but its search engine is more flexible, allowing for searches by partial name and Soundex.


 * Bard's Independent Company, Ohio Cavalry Militia Organized at Cincinnati, Ohio, for thirty days' service September 2, 1862. Duty in Defences of Cincinnati. Mustered out October 3, 1862.


 * Burdsal's Independent Company, Ohio Cavalry Organized at Cincinnati, Ohio, June 5, 1861. Mustered out August 23, 1861


 * Cincinnati Rifles, see Neff's Detachment, Ohio Volunteers


 * Clermont Guards Recruited in Batavia, Clermont County for three months. Officers received their commissions April 23, 1861. The company became Company E, 22nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry (3 months, 1861)


 * Cotter's Company, Ohio Artillery Militia "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Dennison Guards Independent Company, Ohio Infantry Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, May 19, 1862. Mustered out January 24, 1863.


 * George's Independent Company, Ohio Cavalry Organized for three months at Gallipolis, Ohio, July 2, 1861. Attached to Cox's Kanawha Brigade, and duty in Kanawha District, West Virginia, till September. Mustered out September 10, 1861.


 * Hoffman's Battalion Infantry Organized December, 1861, for prison guard duty at Johnson's Island, near Sandusky, Ohio. Transferred to 128th Ohio Infantry January 5, 1864.


 * Jones' Command, Ohio Infantry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * McLaughlin's Squadron, Ohio Cavalry Organized at Mansfield, Ohio, October and November, 1861. Moved to Raleigh and consolidated with 5th Ohio Cavalry July 28, 1865.


 * Morton's Independent Rifle Regiment, see 81st Regiment, Ohio Infantry


 * Neff's Detachment, Ohio Volunteers (Cincinnati Rifles) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Paulsen's Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery (1 month, 1862) Organized at Columbus, Ohio, September 2, 1862. Mustered out: September 22, 1862.


 * Trumbull Guards Independent Company, Ohio Infantry Organized at Gallipolis, Ohio, November 9, 1862, for River Guard. Mustered out July 1, 1865.


 * Unassigned Ohio Colored Troops "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Unassigned Ohio Infantry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Unassigned Ohio Volunteers "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * Union Light Guard, Ohio Cavalry Organized at Columbus, Ohio, December 17, 1863, for duty as body guard to President Lincoln. Duty as guard at the White House and at the War Department and other public buildings till September, 1865. Mustered out September 9, 1865.


 * W.R. Williams' Company, Ohio Artillery "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * W.S. Williams' Company, Ohio Artillery No information in the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Web site


 * Wallace Guards Independent Company, Ohio Infantry Organized at Cincinnati, Ohio, for thirty days' service September 2, 1862. Duty in the Defences of Cincinnati. Mustered out October 4, 1862.


 * Wetmore's Battery, see 9th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery


 * Zanesville Guards, see Company H, 1st Regiment, Ohio Infantry (3 months, 1861)


 * Zouave Guards (Cincinnati), see Company D, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry (3 months, 1861)