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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> | |||
The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 306 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&sdfunction=&sdrankout=&sdfname=&showall=0&sort=PER%5FLAST%5FNAME%2CPER%5FFIRST%5FNAME&sdunitcode=UOH0009YAL&sdlname=&maxrows=20&sdsidename=&sdkeyword=&sdcompany=&sdunitnumber=&sdoriginstate=&sdrankin=&startrow=1 Roster]. <br> | |||
< | Many men in this battery were from [[Geauga County, Ohio|Geauga County]] and [[Lake County, Ohio|Lake County]]<ref>Albert G. Riddle, ''History of Geauga and Lake Counties, Ohio: with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Pioneers and Most Prominent Men'', (Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, 1973. Reprint of original published: Philadelphia: Williams Bros., 1878), page 54. {{FHL|95700|item|disp=FHL Q book 977.133 H2wiL}}</ref> | ||
=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||