132nd Ohio Infantry

compiled by Larry Stevens

References for this Unit

• see also Bibliography of State-Wide References
• Ohio In The War-Volume II.Whitelaw Reid. Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin. Cincinnati 1868
• George F. Baily Papers 1849-1864. Papers and journal of Baily's journey to California in 1849 and 1864 journals kept while serving with Company G, 132d Regt., Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Norfolk, Va., and Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio. .25 cubic foot. Call# MSS 30. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• Unit Bibliography. U.S. Army Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks. PA. 1995

History

Mustered in at Camp Chase, May 14-15, 1864, as a Ohio National Guard unit, 846 men, Colonel Joel Haines; left for Washington May 22d; camped near Fort Albany; assigned to duty at White House, then Bermuda Hundred; Third Brigade, Third Division, Eighteenth Army Corps; on fatigue and picket duty, and suffered from sickness; August 12th transferred to Norfolk; returned home via Washington; mustered out at Camp Chase, 803 men, Colonel Haines commanding.

From: The Military History of Ohio. by H.H. Hardesty

From Dyer's Compendium

132nd Regiment Infantry. Organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, and mustered in May 15, 1864. Left State for Washington, D. C., May 22. Camp near Fort Albany till May 30. Embarked at Alexandria, Va., for White House, Va., May 30. Fatigue duty at White House till June 11. Moved to Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 11. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James. Fatigue and picket duty at Bermuda Hundred till August 12. Moved to Norfolk, Va., August 12; thence to Washington, D.C., August 27, and arrived at Columbus, Ohio. August 30. Mustered out September 10, 1864. Regiment lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and 45 Enlisted men by disease. Total 47.

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