155th Ohio Infantry

155th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Active	May – August 1864
Country	United States of America
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Role	garrison and guard duty
Size	~900
Engagements	American Civil War *Bermuda Hundred Campaign

The 155th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) was a Union Army infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was among scores of regiments raised as Hundred Days Men to provide relief for veteran troops to enable a major U.S. War Department push to end the war within 100 days.

History

In early May 1864, the 92nd Regiment of the Ohio National Guard and the 44th Battalion (Mahoning County) were consolidated to form the 155th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The new unit was organized Sunday, May 8, at Camp Dennison (Cincinnati, Ohio) with 838 men under the command of Colonel Harley H. Sage for one hundred days' service. Sage had previously served in the 13th Ohio Infantry and 43rd Ohio Infantry, and had commanded the 92nd Regiment, Ohio National Guard before taking command of the 155th.

On May 12, the 155th OVI left for New Creek, West Virginia. The regiment did garrison duty at Martinsburg until June 3, when it moved to Washington, D.C. From there, it moved into Virginia to White House, Bermuda Hundred and then City Point. On June 29, it went into an entrenched camp at Norfolk, where it remained until July 27 as a part of the Army of the James. On that date, a Union expeditionary force (including the 155th Ohio, 20th New York Cavalry, 1st U.S. Volunteers, and two sections of the 8th New York Independent Battery) left Norfolk for Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The troops marched the forty miles or so south to Elizabeth City to capture horses, cotton, tobacco and other contraband. On August 6, 1864, the regiment returned to Natick. Fifteen days later, its term of enlistment expiring, the 155th was ordered home. The regiment returned to Ohio and was mustered out August 27, 1864. The 155th Ohio lost during its service 20 enlisted men by disease.^[1]

Service record

May 8, 1864 - Mustered in at Camp Dennison
May 12 - Departed Camp Dennison at 5:00 A.M.
May 13 - At Parkersburg, West Virginia
May 14 - At Cumberland, Maryland
May 15 - Arrived at Martinsburg, West Virginia
May 20 - Defenses of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
May 25 - To Cedar Creek, Virginia, for escort duty
May 26 - Back to Martinsburg, West Virginia
June 3 - Ordered to Washington, D.C.
June 9 - At White House, Virginia
June 17 - Arrived at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia
June 21 - At City Point, Virginia
June 29 - Entrenched camp at Norfolk, Virginia
July 27 - Expedition to Elizabeth City, North Carolina
July 28 - Arrived at Elizabeth City, North Carolina
August - Returned to Norfolk, Virginia
August - Left for Ohio
August 24 - Arrived at Camp Dennison, Ohio
August 27 - Mustered out

Statistics

The men of the 155th varied greatly in age, with 52 men aged 40 and older. The oldest recruit was 48-year-old Private McAlister of Company A, and the youngest was 13-year-old William Barker, a musician with Company B. There was also 14-year-old Private Jimmy Ross of Company K.

Five companies of the 155th were from Pickaway County, Ohio—A, C, E, H, & I. Company H showed 83 men on the official roster; however two of the men never mustered, and another was discharged the day after muster on a Surgeon's Certificate of Disability. The remaining 80 active men of Company H ranged in age from a 15-year-old boy (the musician) to a 44-year-old sergeant. The average age of the company was 27, with 31 men aged 21 or younger, and six men aged 40 or over.^[2]

Field & staff

Harley H. Sage, Colonel
Roswell Shurtleff, Lt. Colonel
Peter Lutz, Major
R. G. McLean, Surgeon
R. S. Stansbury, Surgeon
Thomas J. Watkins, Adjutant
Joseph Wallace, Regimental Quartermaster
Samuel M. Bright, Chaplain
Charles N. Dodd, Sergeant Major
Archibald Armstrong, Quartermaster Sergeant
Joseph B. Dunlap, Commissary Sergeant
William R. Elder, Hospital Steward
Charles B. Dowe, Principal Musician

Roll of Honor

Clavin, Wilson T., Sergeant, Co. D - died July 13, 1864, at Norfolk, Virginia
Howard, Cowden, Private, Co. G - died July 14, 1864, at Norfolk, Virginia
Holiday, Lewis, Private, Co. E - died July 15, 1864, at Norfolk, Virginia
Justice, G.A., Private, Co. F - died July 17, 1864
McKinlay, William, Private, Co. E - died July 18, 1864, at Washington, D.C.
Hunter, William, Private, Co. C - died July 19, 1864
McCollum, Joel, Private, Co. D - died July 20, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia
Warner, A.O., Private, Co. E - died July 21, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia
Miller, James C., Private, Co. D - died July 31, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia
Martz, Soloman, Private, Co. G - died August 1, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia
Leopard, Manuel, Private, Co. D - died August 4, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia
Baker, Lawrence, Private, Co. D - died August 5, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia
Brothers, John W., 1st Sergt., Co. D - died August 13, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia
Floor, Hiram, Private, Co. G - died August 14, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia
McClain, John, Private, Co. H - died August 15, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia
Shafer, David, Private, Co. G - died August 16, 1864, at Norfolk, Virginia
Haggard, Thomas C., Private, Co. I - died August 21, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia
Kennedy, Henderson G., Private, Co. D - died August 25, 1864, at Washington, D.C.
Cunningham, Benj. C., Private, Co. B - died August 27, 1864
Jacobs, Thomas, Private, Company B - died September 3, 1864, at Washington, D.C.

Notes

↑ Dyer's Compendium
↑ Dyer's Compendium.

References

Leeke, Jim (ed.), A Hundred Days to Richmond: Ohio's "Hundred Days" Men in the Civil War, Indiana University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-253-33537-X.
Longacre, Edward G., Army of Amateurs: General Benjamin F. Butler and the Army of the James, 1863–1865, Stackpole Books, 1997. ISBN 0-8117-0136-0.
Robertson, William Glenn, Back Door to Richmond: The Bermuda Hundred Campaign, University of Delaware Press, 1987. ISBN 0-87413-303-3.
Reid, Whitelaw, Ohio In The War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers, Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1868. ISBN 978-1-154-80196-5
Roster of Ohio Soldiers: War of the Rebellion, 1861–1866, Vol. IX, 141st–184th Regiment, Infantry, Ohio Roster Commission, Werner Co., 1886-95.

External links

Ohio in the American Civil War

1861	Early military recruiting Camp Chase Camp Dennison Camp Harrison Camp Thomas Department of the Ohio McClellan's Buckeyes seize western Virginia Fighting McCooks Johnson's Island POW camp

1862	Anti-war movement Knights of the Golden Circle First Confederate incursion into Ohio Defense of Cincinnati Black Brigade of Cincinnati

1863	"Fort Fizzle" Morgan's Raid Battle of Buffington Island Battle of Salineville

1864-65	Hundred Days Men Ohio's generals and admirals Ohio's regiments Cincinnati in the War Cleveland in the War Buckeye POWs and the Sultana

Post-war	Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument

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