1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters

1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters
Active	March 1863 to July 28, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Sharpshooters
Engagements	Battle of Chickamauga Chattanooga Campaign Battle of Lookout Mountain Battle of Missionary Ridge Battle of Bentonville

The 1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters was an irregular sharpshooter battalion in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters was organized from four independent companies of sharpshooters and served at the headquarters of Generals William S. Rosecrans and George H. Thomas, commanders of the Army and Department of the Cumberland, March 1863 through July 1865.

The 5th Independent Company Sharpshooters was organized at Camp Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio, and mustered in February 25, 1863 and mustered out July 19, 1865. This company was also known as Barber's Sharpshooters.

The 6th Independent Company Sharpshooters was organized at Camp Cleveland, Ohio, and mustered in December 30, 1862 and mustered out July 19, 1865. This company was also known as Coe's Sharpshooters and Thomas' Bodyguard.

The 7th Independent Company Sharpshooters was organized at Camp Cleveland, Ohio, and mustered in January 27, 1863 and mustered out July 28, 1865. This company also served at the headquarters of General William T. Sherman, commander of the Military Division Mississippi, May 20, 1864 to July 17, 1865. This company was also known as Squire's Sharpshooters and Sherman's Bodyguard.

The 8th Independent Company Sharpshooters was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio, March 9, 1863 and mustered out July 19, 1865. This company was also known as Barton's Sharpshooters.

The August 10, 1863 returns for the unit show a total strength of 129 men.^[1]

Commanders

• Captain Gershom M. Barber - commanded at the battle of Chickamauga

See also

• List of Ohio Civil War units
• Ohio in the Civil War

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 (Akron, OH: Werner Co.), 1886-1895.
• Reid, Whitelaw. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers (Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin), 1868.

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.

Footnotes

1. OR Vol. 23, Ch. 35, Pt. 2, p. 606

External links

• Ohio in the Civil War: 5th Ohio Independent Company Sharpshooters by Larry Stevens
• Ohio in the Civil War: 6th Ohio Independent Company Sharpshooters by Larry Stevens
• Ohio in the Civil War: 7th Ohio Independent Company Sharpshooters by Larry Stevens
• Ohio in the Civil War: 8th Ohio Independent Company Sharpshooters by Larry Stevens