137th 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
• United States Military Record 137th Regiment O.V.I. Illustrated Broadside. 58.5 x 45 cm. McBrair & Sons. Lith. Cincinnati. 1884. CSmH
• In the Beginning. George M. Finch. pg. 209-211. The Ohio Soldier. Number 102. Volume 3. Number 14. February 15, 1890
• The Boys of 61. George M. Finch. pg. 177-179. The Ohio Soldier. Number 152. Volume 5. Number 12. January 16, 1892
• The Boys of 61. Part 2. George M. Finch. pg. 193-195. The Ohio Soldier. Number 153. Volume 5. Number 13. January 30, 1892
• Unit Bibliography. U.S. Army Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks. PA. 1995

History

Mustered in at Camp Dennison, May 6th, 1864, as a Ohio National Guard unit, 905 men, Colonel L. A. Harris; assigned to duty around Baltimore in Forts Henry, Federal Hill, Marshall and Carrol; on garrison duty during term of service; mustered out at Camp Dennison, August 21st, 900 men, Colonel Harris commanding, having lost three men by disease, two by railroad accident.

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

From Dyer's Compendium

137th Regiment Infantry. Organized at Camp Dennison. Ohio, and mustered in May 6, 1864. Left State for Baltimore, Md., May 12. Assigned to duty as at Forts McHenry, Federal Hill, Marshall and Carroll. Defences of Baltimore, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, till August. Mustered out August 21, 1864. Regiment lost during service 5 Enlisted men by disease.

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Copyright © 1995 Larry Stevens

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