43rd 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
• Report of Proceedings of Ohio Brigade Reunion, Including Addresses, Correspondence, Etc., Held at Columbus, Ohio October 3 and 4, 1878. by Members 27th, 39th, 43rd and 63rd Ohio Infantry. 66 pgs. Chase & Cassil Publishers. Mt. Vernon. O. 1879. Located at Princeton University. Princeton. New Jersey
• A Paper Read by Capt. E.L. Lybarger, 43rd Ohio Vol. Infantry, at a Reunion of Fuller's Ohio Brigade, Held at Marietta, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1885. Edwin L. Lybarger 43rd OVI. Broadside. Battle of Corinth. 1885. CSmH
• "Our Kirby Smith" A Paper read before the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, March 2, 1887. by Companion John W. Fuller, late Brigadier and Brevet Major General U.S.V. Publisher: H.C. Sherick and Co. Cincinnati. Ohio. 1887. J.L. Kirby Smith was the first Colonel Of the 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
• The Ohio Brigade. Reunion of September 12th and 13th, 1888, at Columbus, Ohio. Names and post-office addresses of members present. NP. Columbus. 1888. OCLC # 35912535. Ohio State University Library. Ohio State University. Columbus. Ohio
• One of the Youngest Soldiers. B. Moore. American Tribune. Volume IX. No 49. 14 March 1890
• Battle of Iuka And Corinth Sept. 21, 1862. How Rosecrans Met the Confederates.- A Storm of Cannon Balls and Bullets. by P.C. Ferguson. Lieut. Co I, 43d Ohio. pgs. 131-133. In: Camp and Field. Sketches of Army Life. Written by those who followed the Flag. '61-'65. Compiled by W.F. Hinman, Author of "Corporal Si Klegg and His Pard," etc. 704 pgs. The N.G. Hamilton Publishing Co. Cleveland, O. 1892. Thanks to L.M. Strayer for this reference
• Recollections of the Civil War. From a Child's Point of View. Maud E. Morrow. 48 pgs. Lockland. Ohio. 1901. The recollections of a little girl who follows her father in the War. Her father was Dr. Corridon Morrow, Assistant Surgeon of the 43rd O.V.I.
• National Tribune. Fuller's Ohio Brigade. C.I. Adkins. December 3-31, 1903
• The History of Fuller's Ohio Brigade, 1861-1865. Its Great March, with Roster, Portraits, Battle Maps and Biographies. Charles H. Smith. Major 27th Ohio Regiment, Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Press of A.J. Watt. Cleveland. Ohio. 1909. Fuller's Ohio Brigade was composed of the 27th, 39th, 43rd and 63rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiments.
• War Sketches In 19 Parts. by George M. Ziegler. The war activities of 43rd OVI drummer boy John McClay. Printed as a series and clipped from an unknown newspaper. NP. ND. Resides in a private collection. Thanks to L.M. Strayer for this source.
• Leaves From my Diary, Being a Transcript of the Daily Record I Kept During Sherman's March to the Sea and to the End of the War, Now Compiled for the 17th Army Corps. Edwin L. Lybarger. Captain. 43rd O.V.I. Warsaw. Ohio. 13 pgs. N.P. Coshocton. Ohio. 1910
• Leaves From my Diary, Being Verbatim Excerpts From the Journal I Kept While Marching Through Georgia With Sherman and Here Assembled That They May Recall Days of Peril and Yet of Happiness to My Comrades of the Grand Army. by Edwin Lybarger. 14 pgs. NP. Coshocton. Ohio. ND
• Roster of Fuller's Brigade, Re-Union And Homecoming, Wednesday, August 29th, 1917., Memorial Hall, East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio. Lists attendees by Co. & current address. NP. 1917
• Soldiers of the 43rd Ohio. Carte de visite portraits of soldiers of the 43rd Ohio Infantry Regiment. 1861-1865. Including Long, Schiek, Captain Shall, Purcell, Sgt. O'Connell, and McNary. 8 photoprints. b&w. Call# SC 828. The Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• Civil War Letters of George M. Wise. 43rd O.V.I. George M. Wise. Edited by Wilford W. Black. The Ohio Historical Quarterly. Vol. 65. Number 1. January 1956. Publisher: The Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio. 1956
• Marching Through South Carolina: Another Civil War Letter of Lieutenant George M. Wise. 43rd O.V.I.. George M. Wise. Edited by Wilford W. Black. The Ohio Historical Quarterly. Vol. 66. Number 2. April 1957. Publisher: The Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio. 1957
• The Journal of Russell T. Hall, 1863. Russell T. Hall Co H 43rd OVI. Introduction & notes by William E. Biggleston. 144 pgs. Grady Pub. Co. Oberlin. Ohio. 1983. Call# F499.O2 H34 1983 85072334. Library of Congress. Washington. DC
• The Diary of John Laughlin Price 1825-1893. His Writings of His Service during 1864 and 1865 while Serving as a Private in the Union Infantry during the American Civil War. John Laughlin Price. Pvt. 151st OVI and 43rd OVI. Transcribed by James Westlake Price. Concerns Price's one year 1864-1865 enlistment with the 43rd OVI. 13 pgs. Published by James Westlake Price. Chandler. Arizona. 1991
• Unit Bibliography. U.S. Army Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks. PA. 1995
• Col. Wager Swayne Photograph. See 27th OVI Page at Ohio in the Civil War for photograph of Col. Wager Swayne of the 43rd OVI.
• Purple Martins During the Civil War: The "Martin Box Regiment". by Louise Chambers & Ann M. Chambers. 3 pgs. Found in Purple Martin Update. Volume 8(4). January. 1999. The Quarterly Journal of the Purple Martin Conservation Association. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Edinboro. PA. 16444. USA. 1999

John Everhart Co. K
Courtesy of Marcus McLemore

History

The organization of this Regiment was effected in February, 1862, under Lieutenant Colonel Wager Swayne and Colonel Kirby Smith. The early spring found it at New Madrid Missouri, in the Army of the Mississippi, losing severely in killed and wounded. It saw severe fighting in Rosecrans campaign against Price and Van Dorn, losing its Colonel, Kirby Smith, at the battle of Corinth. The Regiment enlisted as veterans unanimously, and returning to the field, followed the fortunes of the Ohio Brigade under Fuller, in the Atlanta campaign, and did creditable service in that of Savannah and the Carolinas following. It was mustered out at Louisville, in July, 1865.

From Dyer's Compendium

43rd Regiment Infantry. Organized at Mount Vernon, Ohio, September 28, 1861, to February 1, 1862. Left State for Commerce, Mo., February 21, 1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Mississippi, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Mississippi, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Mississippi, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 8th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 8th Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 4th Brigade, District of Corinth, Miss., 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 3rd Brigade, District of Memphis, Tenn., 5th Division, 16th Army Corps, to November, 1863. Fuller's Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Siege operations against New Madrid, Mo., March 3-14, 1862. Siege and capture of Island No. 10, Mississippi River, and capture of McCall's forces at Tiptonville, Mo., March 15-April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13-17. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 18-22. Action at Monterey April 29. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Reconnoissance toward Corinth May 8. Occupation of Corinth and pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Duty at Clear Creek till August 20, and at Bear Creek till September 11. Battle of Iuka Miss., September 19. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 2, 1862, to January 12, 1863. Duty at Corinth till April, 1863. Dodge's Expedition to Northern Alabama April 15-May 8. Rock Cut, near Tuscumbia, April 22. Tuscumbia April 23. Town Creek April 28. Duty at Memphis, Tenn., till October, and at Prospect, Tenn., till February, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September, 1864. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Sugar Valley, near Resaca, May 9. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Montieth Swamp December 9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnoissance to the Salkehatchie River, S. C., January 20. Skirmishes at Rivers and Broxton Bridges, Salkehatchie River, February 2. Actions at Rivers Bridge, Salkehatchie River, February 3. Binnaker's Bridge, South Edisto River, February 9. Orangeburg, North Edisto River, February 12-13. Columbia February 16-17. Juniper Creek, near Cheraw, March 3. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-20. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 30. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June. Mustered out July 13, 1865. Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 61 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 189 Enlisted men by disease. Total 256.

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