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''[[United States of America|United States]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|U.S. Civil War]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Ohio|Ohio]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Ohio Military Records|Ohio Military]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Ohio_in_the_Civil_War|Ohio in the Civil War]]''  
''[[United States of America|United States]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|U.S. Civil War]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Ohio|Ohio]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Ohio Military Records|Ohio Military]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Ohio_in_the_Civil_War|Ohio in the Civil War]]''  


[[Image:{{127th Ohio Infantry}}]] <br>
[[Image:{{127th Ohio Infantry}}]] <br>  


=== Introduction  ===
=== Introduction  ===
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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.  
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.  


{{Wikipedia|Ohio in the American Civil War}}<br>
{{Wikipedia|Ohio in the American Civil War}}<br>  


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=== Ohio Military Units  ===
=== Ohio Military Units  ===
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<br>The information 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 can also be searched by the name of a soldier. The [http://www.ogs.org/cwc/index.php Ohio Civil War Genealogy Center] by the Ohio Genealogical Society uses the same data as the CWSS, but its search engine is much more flexible, allowing for searches by partial name and Soundex.  
<br>The information 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 can also be searched by the name of a soldier. The [http://www.ogs.org/cwc/index.php Ohio Civil War Genealogy Center] by the Ohio Genealogical Society uses the same data as the CWSS, but its search engine is much more flexible, allowing for searches by partial name and Soundex.  


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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>
<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|Sharp-shooters]]</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|Unassign-ed Units]]</div>
<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|Sharp-shooters]]</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|Unassign-ed Units]]</div>  
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=== Union Records  ===
=== Union Records  ===
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'''Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home'''  
'''Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home'''  


The Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home-Ohio Veterans' Children's Home closed. All records (social, medical, and education) were sent to the Ohio Department of Education in Columbus, Ohio.<br>
The Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home-Ohio Veterans' Children's Home closed. All records (social, medical, and education) were sent to the Ohio Department of Education in Columbus, Ohio.<br>  


*Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. 1898. ''A Roster of Honorably Discharged Ex-Pupils of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, Xenia, Ohio: Giving Dates of Admission and Discharge, Present Occupation and Address of Each, So Far as Known''. (Xenia, Ohio: Home Weekly Print). [http://tinyurl.com/4ngup7j Libraries with book]
*Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. 1898. ''A Roster of Honorably Discharged Ex-Pupils of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, Xenia, Ohio: Giving Dates of Admission and Discharge, Present Occupation and Address of Each, So Far as Known''. (Xenia, Ohio: Home Weekly Print). [http://tinyurl.com/4ngup7j Libraries with book]
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*[http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] has the information listed above and may have additional historical information. 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. <br>
*[http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] has the information listed above and may have additional historical information. 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. <br>


*[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. It also includes a great [http://ohiocivilwar.com/cwbiblio.html bibliography] of Ohio Civil War sources.<br>
*[http://www.ohiocivilwar.com 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. It also includes a great [http://ohiocivilwar.com/cwbiblio.html bibliography] of Ohio Civil War sources.<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. The roster uses the same data as the Civil War Soldiers &amp; Sailors System, but has a much more flexible search engine. <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. The roster uses the same data as the Civil War Soldiers &amp; Sailors System, but has a much more flexible search engine. <br>
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*''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.  
*''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.  
*Dee, Christine, ed. ''Ohio's War: The Civil War in Documents''. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2007.  
*Dee, Christine, ed. ''Ohio's War: The Civil War in Documents''. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2007.  
*Clark, Peter H. The Black Brigade of Cincinnate. New York: NY: Arno Press, 1969. FHL 973 M2cl.
*Clark, Peter H. The Black Brigade of Cincinnate. New York: NY: Arno Press, 1969. FHL 973 M2cl.  
*Leeke, Richard. ''A Hundred Days to Richmond: Ohio's "Hundred Days" Men in the Civil War''. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999.  
*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.  
*McPherson, James M. ''Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era''. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1988.  
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=== References  ===
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<br>{{U.S. Civil War}}  
<br>{{U.S. Civil War}}  


[[Category:Ohio_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]]
[[Category:Ohio_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]]