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The battery was organized in Cincinnati, Ohio and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on December 3, 1861 under Captain Hubert Dilger. [1] [2] [3] The regiment was organized as early as 1860 under Ohio's militia laws, under Colonel James Barnett. The battery was attached to Milroy's Command, Cheat Mountain District, Virginia, to April 1862.
Ohio mustered 230 regiments of infantry and cavalry, as well as 25 light artillery batteries and 5 independent companies of sharpshooters. Total casualties among these units numbered 35,475 men, more than 10% of all the Buckeyes in uniform during the war.
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.
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Newark Advocate veterans columnist Doug Stout, of the Licking County Library, continues the saga of Capt. Levi Coman's letters home to his wife. Veterans column: Levi Coman seeks cough mixture ...
The 26th Ohio Battery was originally organized as Company F, 32nd Ohio Infantry at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio, in August 1861. The battery was detached on July 20, 1862, under the command of Captain Theobold D. Yost. However, due to being captured at Harpers Ferry, paroled, exchanged, and then reassigned as infantry, then assigned ...
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Light infantry refers to certain types of lightly equipped infantry throughout history. They have a more mobile or fluid function than other types of infantry, such as heavy infantry or line infantry. Historically, light infantry often fought as scouts, raiders, and skirmishers. These are loose formations that fight ahead of the main army to ...