195th Ohio Infantry

195th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Active	March 14, 1865 to December 18, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry

The 195th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 195th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 195th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio and mustered in March 14 through March 20, 1865 for one year service under the command of Colonel Henry Blackstone Banning.

The regiment left Ohio for Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, March 22–25; then to Winchester, Virginia, and was assigned to Brooks' Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah. Ordered to Alexandria, Virginia, April 28 and served provost duty there until December.

The 195th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service December 18, 1865 at Alexandria, Virginia.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 32 enlisted men during service, all due to disease.

Commanders

Colonel Henry Blackstone Banning

Notable members

Colonel Henry Blackstone Banning - U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1873-1879
Lt. Colonel Marcellus J.W. Holter - Brevet Brigadier General, USV

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

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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