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=== Introduction  ===

Ohio contributed more men as Union soldiers than any other state, except New York and Pennsylvania.&nbsp; Nearly 320,000 Union soldiers came from Ohio.&nbsp;It also provided greatly to the supplies of the Union Army throughout the war.&nbsp;<ref>Ohio in the American Civil War, a Wikipedia article, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_in_the_American_Civil_War (viewed 25 November 2010).</ref> 

Ohio provided 230 regiments of infantry and caralry, 26 light artillery batteries and 5 independent sharpshooter companies. Before the war, Ohio was a major stopping place for the Underground Railroad.&nbsp;5,092 free blacks were part of the Ohio regiments.<ref>Ohio in the American Civil War, a Wikipedia article, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_in_the_American_Civil_War (viewed 25 November 2010).</ref> 

The following Union generals were from Ohio: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant Ulysses S. Grant], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_T._Sherman William T. Sherman], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_H._Sheridan Philip H. Sheridan], and several others. 

*For more information, see the Wikipedia article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_in_the_American_Civil_War Ohio in the American Civil War].

*The information&nbsp;in the lists of Ohio Military Units comes from the [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors] web site. This web site also can be searched by the name of a soldier.<br>

=== Ohio Military Units  ===

Most units were numbered, however, some were named. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and unassigned companies. <br>

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<center>'''Ohio Units by Number or by Name'''</center><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; color: black; padding-top: 5px">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Ohio Civil War Union Units 1st through 8th|1st-8th]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Ohio Civil War Union Units 9th through 22nd|9th-22nd]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Ohio Civil War Union Units 23rd through 65th|23rd-65th]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Ohio Civil War Union Units 66th through 115th|66th-115th]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Ohio Civil War Union Units 116th through 165th|116th-165th]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Ohio Civil War Union Units 166th through 200th|166th-200th]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Ohio Civil War Union Units A to Z|A to Z]]</div>
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<center>'''Ohio Units by Type of Unit'''</center><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; color: black; padding-top: 5px">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Ohio Civil War Infantry Union Units|Infantry]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Ohio Civil War Cavalry Union Units|Cavalry]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Ohio Civil War Artillery Union Units|Artillery]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Ohio Civil War Sharpshooters Union Units|Sharpshooters]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Ohio Civil War Union Colored Troops|Colored Troops]]</div><div style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); margin: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 60px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; height: 40px; padding-top: 5px">[[Ohio Civil War Unassigned Union Units|Unassigned Units]]</div>
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== Service Records  ==

The index to the federal service records of Union volunteers from Ohio is: 

*''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Ohio'' United States. Adjutant General's Office.<ref> ''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Ohio''. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1965. (On 122 Family History Library films beginning with 882214.) </ref>

==== Union Pension Records  ====

The index to the Union pension records for all states is: 

*''Pension Index File, Alphabetical'' <ref>United States. Veterans Administration. ''Pension Index File, Alphabetical''. Washington, D.C.: Veterans Administration, Publications Service, 1953. (On 544 Family History Library films beginning with 540757.) </ref>

The actual service and pension records are available only at the National Archives. To order a copy of the original records, use NATF Form 80, which is available from the National Archives, at the nearest federal office building or [http://aad.archives.gov/aad/ online] 

==== Federal Pensions  ====

Names and residences of persons receiving federal pensions in 1883 can be found in: 

*''Index to Ohio Pensioners of 1883.'' <ref>Phillips, W. Louis. ''Index to Ohio Pensioners of 1883.'' Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1987. (Family History Library book 977.1 M2ph; fiche 6087608.)</ref> This includes veterans of the Civil War and the War of 1812 or their widows.

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'''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1471019 FamilySearch Record Search]. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars, of that time period, may be included. 

==== State Records  ====

Records of Civil War soldiers were also kept by county and state officials. These include: 

*''Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion: Original Muster In &amp; Muster Out Rolls of Ohio Military Organization in the Civil War, 1-3 Year Enlistments, 1861-1866'' <ref>Ohio. Adjutant General's Office. ''Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion: Original Muster In &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Muster Out Rolls of Ohio Military Organization in the Civil War, 1-3 Year Enlistments, 1861-1866''. Salt Lake City, Utah, Genealogical Society of Utah, 1959-1960. (On 365 Family History Library films beginning with 212908.) </ref>Rosters are arranged by name of regiment and give enlistment and service information about each soldier.

*''Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion: Muster In &amp; Muster Out Rolls of Ohio Military Organization in the Civil War, 1861-1866, 3-Month Enlistments'' <ref>Ohio. Adjutant General's Office. ''Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion: Muster In &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Muster Out Rolls of Ohio Military Organization in the Civil War, 1861-1866, 3-Month Enlistments''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1959-1960. (On 9 Family History Library films beginning with 213031.) </ref>Arranged by regiment.

*''Official Roster of the Colored Troops of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion: Original Muster In and Muster Out Rolls of the Civil War, 1-3 Year Enlistments, 1861-1866'' <ref>Ohio. Adjutant General's Office. ''Official Roster of the Colored Troops of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion: Original Muster In and Muster Out Rolls of the Civil War, 1-3 Year Enlistments, 1861-1866''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1962. (On 6 Family History Library films beginning with 285025.) </ref>

*''Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866'' <ref>''Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1959. (On 17 Family History Library films beginning with 195467.) </ref>The files were compiled by the Works Progress Administration in 1938.

===== Rolls of Honor  =====

A published roster is also available in: 

*''Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866.'' <ref>''Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866.'' 12 Volumes. Akron, [Ohio]: Werner, 1886-1895. (Family History Library book 977.1 M2o; film 924017-22; fiche 6051200; index on films 195467-71.) </ref>

===== Biographical Sketches  =====

'''Officers''' 

*''Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers'' <ref>Reid, Whitelaw. ''Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers''. Two Volumes. New York, NY: Moore, Wilstach &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Baldwin, 1868. (Family History Library book 977.1 H2re; fiche 6051205.) </ref>

===== National Old Soldier Homes  =====

For records of national old soldier homes, including the one in Dayton, Ohio, which served Ohio and nearby states, see: 

*''Registers of Veterans at National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1937'' <ref>United States. Veterans Administration. ''Registers of Veterans at National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1937''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (On 282 FHL films [55 films beginning with 1547608, for the Dayton, Ohio home].) </ref>Includes general indexes for each of the 12 homes, but some individual volumes are indexed separately. These may list a soldier's name, date and place of enlistment, rank, military unit, length of service, date and place of discharge, place of birth, age, physical description, religion, occupation, previous residence, marital status, nearest relative, pension, home admission and discharge dates, disability, death date, or cause of death. Though most were Civil War soldiers, veterans of other wars were included.

===== State Soldiers' Home  =====

*Located in Sandusky; ''Ohio Veterans Home (Sandusky, Ohio). Veterans Home Records, 1889-1995.'' <ref>''Ohio Veterans Home (Sandusky, Ohio). Veterans Home Records, 1889-1995.'' Bowling Green, Ohio: Center for Archival Collection, Bowling Green State Univ., 1995. (On six Family History Library films beginning with 2026851.) </ref>[http://dvs.ohio.gov/OhioVeteransHome/Sandusky/tabid/120/Default.aspx Sanduskey] and [http://dvs.ohio.gov/OhioVeteransHome/Georgetown/tabid/122/Default.aspx Georgetown]

==== Quarterly Publication  ====

*''Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal.'' <ref>''Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal.'' Mansfield, Ohio: Ohio Genealogical Society, 1997. (Family History Library book 977.1 M25oc.) </ref>This publication is devoted exclusively to Ohio and Ohioans in the Civil War.

=== Other Sources  ===

===== Internet Sites =====

*[http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers &amp; Sailors System] has the information listed above and may have additional historical information.&nbsp;Searches can be made by name of a soldier or sailor. Information about cemeteries battles, prisoners, medals of honor and national parks is also included.

*[http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/infantry.html Ohio in the Civil War] by Larry Stevens, includes brief histories of the regiments, bibliographies of regiments, and often lists of companies with their counties. <br>

*[http://www.ogs.org/cwc/index.php Ohio Civil War Genealogy Center], by The Ohio Genealogical Society, has a search for names of Union Soldiers in Ohio Units, a search for the surname in the ''Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal'', and&nbsp;a search of the index of the Society of Civil War Families of Ohio Roster.

*[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=463 The Civil War] is an online encyclopedia of Ohio history.

===== Books  =====

*Dee, Christine, ed. ''Ohio's War: The Civil War in Documents''. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2007.

*Leeke, Richard. ''A Hundred Days to Richmond: Ohio's "Hundred Days" Men in the Civil War''. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999.

*McPherson, James M. ''Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era''. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1988.

*Reid, Whitelaw. ''Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Generals and Soldiers''. Cincinnati, OH: Clarke, 1895. {{FHL|678500|item}} Volume 1 on fiche 6118088 (12 fiche); Volume 2 on fiche 6118089 (11 fiche)

*Roseboom, Eugene H. ''The Civil War Era: 1850-1873''. Columbus: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1944.

*Stevens, A. Parsons. ''The Military History of Ohio: its Border Annals, its Part in the Indian wars, in the War of 1812, in the Mexican War, and in the War of the Rebellion: Giving a Roster of Ohio's Rank and File ... in the War of the Rebellion, Regimental Histories, with Histories of its G.A.R. and Ladies' Auxillary Posts, and Camps of Sons of Veterans''. New York: H. H. Hardesty, 1886, c1885. 316 p. {{FHL|678564|item}} fiche 6118091 (6 fiche)

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