119th Regiment, Ohio Infantry

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119th Regiment, Ohio Infantry

Brief History

The organization of the 119th Regiment was commenced but not completed. The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 144 men for this regiment.

• Ohio Civil War Central, 119th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, (accessed 31 October 2016).
  
  

Other Sources

• 119th Regiment, Ohio Infantry. This regiment failed to complete its organization and the men recruited for it were tranferred to the 124th Ohio infantry.
  

• 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.