156th Ohio Infantry

156th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Active	May 15, 1864, to September 1, 1864
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Folck's Mill

The 156th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 156th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 156th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio, and mustered in May 15, 1864, for 100 days service under the command of Colonel Caleb Marker.

Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, and H moved to Cincinnati, May 20 and were engaged in guard and patrol duty in and about that city until July 18. Companies G, I, and K served guard and patrol duty at Camp Dennison until July then moved to Falmouth, Kentucky, later moving Covington, Kentucky, to rejoin the regiment on July 18. Moved to Cumberland, Maryland, July 28 and assigned to General Kelly's Command, Department of West Virginia. Served duty at Cumberland until August 28. Action near Folck's Mills, Cumberland, August 1.

The 156th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service September 1, 1864, at Camp Dennison.

Ohio National Guard

Over 35,000 Ohio National Guardsmen were federalized and organized into regiments for 100 days service in May 1864. Shipped to the Eastern Theater, they were designed to be placed in "safe" rear areas to protect railroads and supply points, thereby freeing regular troops for Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s push on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. As events transpired, many units found themselves in combat, stationed in the path of Confederate Gen. Jubal Early’s veteran Army of the Valley during its famed Valley Campaigns of 1864. Ohio Guard units met the battle-tested foe head on and helped blunt the Confederate offensive thereby saving Washington, D.C. from capture. Ohio National Guard units participated in the battles of Monacacy, Fort Stevens, Harpers Ferry, and in the siege of Petersburg.

Casualties

The regiment lost 23 men during service; 1 officer and 22 enlisted men died due to disease.

Commanders

Colonel Caleb Marker

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. ISBN 9781154801965

Attribution

This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.

External links

Ohio in the Civil War: 156th Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Larry Stevens

Ohio in the American Civil War

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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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