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=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.<br> | Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.<br>Four Companies (currently unknown) mostly came from [[Clinton County, Ohio Genealogy|Clinton County]]<ref>''The History of Clinton County, Ohio'' (Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co, 1882) p. 459.</ref> | ||
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