191st 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
• History of Jerome Township. Union County, Ohio. by W.L. Curry. Press of Edward T. Miller Co. Columbus. Ohio. 1913. Contains a history of the 191st OVI on pgs 149-150.
• Unit Bibliography. U.S. Army Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks. PA. 1995

History

Organized March 10, 1865, for one years service, under Colonel Robert L. Kimberly, it proceeded to the Shenandoah Valley, Va., where it performed guard duty under General Hancock until its muster out September 3, 1865. This Regiment was officered by veterans, and became well drilled.

From Dyer's Compendium

191st Regiment Infantry. Organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, January and February, 1865. Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., March 10, 1865. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah, March 20. March to Charleston March 21. Transferred to 2nd (Ohio) Brigade, 2nd Provisional Division, March 27. Duty near Charleston till April 4. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley in vicinity of Winchester, Stevenson's Depot and Jordan's Springs, April to August. Mustered out August 27, and discharged September 5, 1865. Regiment lost during service 29 Enlisted men by disease.

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