11th Regiment, Ohio Infantry

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Brief History

The 11th Regiment, Ohio Infantry mustered in June 20, 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio.  They were mustered out June 11, 1865 at Washington, D. C.

For more information on the history of 11th Ohio Infantry see the following:

• The Civil War Archive section, 11th Regiment Infantry, (accessed 29 August 2012).
  
• The Wikipedia article, 11th Ohio Infantry (accessed 12 October 2011)
  
• Larry Stevens' Ohio in the Civil War  11th Ohio Infantry

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.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2800 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

Company A - Also knon as Washington Gun Squad and Dayton Riflemen. Many men from Dayton County and Montgomery County

Company B - Many men from Darke County and Piqua, Miami County

Company C - Many men from Salem, Columbiana County and Darke County

Company D - Many men from Troy, Miami County

Company E - Many men from Geauga County and Lake County Many men from Cincinnati (1862), thereafter, Troy, Miami County

Company F - Many men from Troy, Miami County

Company G - Many men from New Vienna and Wilmington, Clinton County

Company H - Many men from Troy, Miami County

Company I - Many men from Dayton, Montgomery County

Company K - Many men from Darke County and Lane's Sappers and Miners and Cincinnati

County listing from Steve Ward's Buckeyes All, Part II Revised, is given on Larry Stevens' Ohio in the Civil War web page, 11th Ohio Infantry.

Other Sources

• Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Ohio in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).
  

• National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.
  

• Ohio in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Ohio, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
  

• United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
  

• Horton, Joshua H., and Solomon Teverbaugh. A History of the Eleventh Regiment (Ohio Volunteer Infantry) Containing the Military Record, so Far As Is Possible ... of Each Officer and Enlisted Man of the Command, a List of Deaths, an Account of the Veterans, Incidents of the Field and Camp, Names of the Three Months' Volunteers, Etc., Etc. (Dayton, Ohio: W.J. Shuey, 1987). Google Books. Internet Archives. Libraries with book.and FHL 1688762 Item 5and (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993) FHL Collection
  

• Manuscript/On Film. 11th Ohio regiment, Civil War. (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969) FHL 599682 Item 2
  

• Scott, William Forse; Lane, Philander Parmele. Philander P. Lane, colonel of volunteers in the Civil War, Eleventh Ohio Infantry. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993) FHL Fiche 6118153