194th Ohio Infantry Regiment

194th Ohio Infantry Regiment
ActiveMarch 1865 to October 24, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Military unit

The 194th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 194th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 194th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 194th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, and mustered in for one year service under the command of Colonel Anson George McCook.

The regiment left Ohio for Charleston, West Virginia, March 14. It was assigned to General Egan's Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah. Participated in operations in the Shenandoah Valley until April, then ordered to Washington, D.C. for garrison duty until October.

The 194th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service October 24, 1865, at Washington, D.C.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 38 enlisted men during service, all due to disease.

Commanders

  • Colonel Anson George McCook

Notable members

  • Colonel Anson George McCook - U.S. Senator from New York, 1877-1883

See also

  • American Civil War portal
  • flagOhio portal

References

  • Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
  • Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865, Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission (Akron, OH: Werner Co.), 1886–1895.
  • Reid, Whitelaw. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers (Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin), 1868. ISBN 9781154801965
Attribution
  • Public Domain This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.

External links

  • Ohio in the Civil War: 194th Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Larry Stevens
  • National flag of the 194th Ohio Infantry
  • Regimental flag of the 194th Ohio Infantry
  • Guidon of the 194th Ohio Infantry