192nd Ohio Infantry

192nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Active	March 9, 1865 to September 1, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry

The 192nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 192nd OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 192nd Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio and mustered in for one year service on March 9, 1865 under the command of Colonel Francis W. Butterfield.

The regiment left Ohio for Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, March 10. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah, March 20. Marched to Charleston March. 21. Duty there until April 4. Transferred to 2nd (Ohio) Brigade, 2nd Provisional Division, March 27. Marched to Winchester April 4. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley in the vicinity of Winchester, Stevenson's Depot, Reed's Hill, and Harrisonburg until August 25. Mustered out at Winchester September 1, 1865.

The 192nd Ohio Infantry mustered out of service September 1, 1865 at Winchester, Virginia.

Members of this Unit Included: Company C: Michael Gessner b.June 18, 1830 d. March 4, 1911 (m. Magdalena Vesper Dec. 20, 1851)

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 27 enlisted men during service; 1 man killed and 26 men died of disease.

Commanders

Colonel Francis W. Butterfield

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 American Civil War

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