182nd 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
• William E. Bean Papers. William E. Bean. 1833-1883. Papers 1864-1881. Includes letters from Bean to his wife while in the 182nd Regiment O.V.I. 1864-1865. 1 Folder. Call # C207. Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. University of Missouri / State Historical Society of Missouri. 23 Ellis Library. University of Missouri. Columbia. Missouri. 65201
• Under the Flag of the Nation, Diaries and Letters of a Yankee Volunteer. Owen Johnston Hopkins. Edited by Otto F. Bond. 308 pgs. Ohio State University Press. Columbus. Ohio. For the Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio. 1961
• Unit Bibliography. U.S. Army Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks. PA. 1995

History

This was a one year regiment. Five companies of it were recruited in the vicinity of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio and organized at Camp Toledo, by Lieutenant Colonel J.A. Chase. Under orders from the Adjutant General of the State, these companies were taken by rail to Camp Chase, near Columbus, where five other companies were added, thus completing the organization, October 28, 1864. On November 1, 1864 it was sent by rail to Nashville and spent several weeks drilling and serving guard and outpost duty. General Hood's Rebel army appeared before Nashville early in December, 1864. The 182nd took a prominent part in the ensuing battle of Nashville, and behaved handsomely. It did not participate in the pursuit of the enemy, but was retained in Nashville, where it performed guard and provost duty up to the 7th of July, 1865. It was then mustered out of service and sent home to Camp Chase, Ohio, where, July 13, 1865, the men were paid off and discharged.

From Dyer's Compendium

182nd Regiment Infantry. Organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, August 4 to October 13, 1864. Mustered in October 27, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., November I. Attached to Post and Defences of Nashville, Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. Garrison at Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-- Post and garrison duty at Nashville, Tenn., November, 1864, to July, 1865. Battle of Nashville December 15-16, 1864. Mustered out July 7, 1865. Regiment lost during service 61 Enlisted men by disease.

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