154th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (National Guard)

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Brief History
The 154th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (National Guard) was organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and mustered in May 8, 1864. (Co. "F" detached at Piedmont May 22 to August 22.) They returned to Camp Dennison  August 22, and there mustered out September 1, 1864.

The 154th Regiment was formed by combining the 26th Battalion and 60th Battalion of the Ohio National Guards.

For more information on the history of this unit, see:


 * Larry Stevens' Ohio in the Civil War, 154th Ohio Infantry
 * The Civil War Archive section, 154th Regiment Infantry, (accessed 6 September 2012).

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Company C - many men from Madison County

Company I - many men from Madison County

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1,083 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

Other Sources

 * 154th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (National Guard), Civil War Index, which includes history, battles, and roster with name, rank, age, date entered service, period of service and remarks.


 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Ohio in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Ohio in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Ohio, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Owens, Ira S. Greene County in the war : being a history of the Seventy-Fourth Regiment : with sketches of the Twelfth, Ninety-Fourth, One Hundred and Tenth, Forty-Fourth, One Hundred and Fifty-Fourth regiments and the Tenth Ohio Battery : embracing anecdotes, incidents and narratives of the camp, march and battlefield and the author's experience while in the army. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993), and (Washington [District of Columbia] : Filmed by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1988),


 * Stipp, Joseph A. (Joseph Asbury). The history and service of the 154th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. (Columbus, Ohio : Ohio Historical Society, 1988) and (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993)


 * 154th OVI homepage. Gives a brief history of this regiment and details about where each company was recruited.