95th 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
• National Tribune. The Battle of Nashville. J.F. Bowen. Co. D 95th O.V.I. November 22nd, 1883
• National Tribune. The 95th Ohio at Jackson, Miss. James H. Burke. 95th O.V.I. May 1st, 1884
• National Tribune. The First Flag at Jackson, Miss. J.F. Bowen. 95th O.V.I. January 1st, 1885
• The Ninety-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. in Military History of Ohio. Illustrated in Editions by Counties. Soldiers Edition. ..... Licking County Edition. pgs. 315-316. H.H. Hardesty Publisher. Toledo. 1886.
• National Tribune. A.J. Smith's Troops. How They Fought At Nashville and Chased Rebs in Missouri. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. February 3rd, 1887
• National Tribune. Random Shots. A Comrade Tells of Some Letters From the Boys. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. July 21st, 1887
• An Interesting Talk - With a Veteran Who Saved a Columbus Officer's Life. Alexander F. Anderson. pg 366. January 21 1888. The Ohio Soldier and National Picket Guard. Chillicothe. Ohio
• National Tribune. Battle of Richmond, Ky. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. April 4th, 1889
• National Tribune. Fort Blakely. W.H. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. May 28th, 1891
• National Tribune. At Jackson, Miss. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. October 12th, 1893
• National Tribune. Jackson, Miss. Why the Discovery Should be Regarded as Settled. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. November 2nd, 1893
• National Tribune. Fighting Kirby Smith. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. April 19th, 1894. Richmond, KY
• National Tribune. Two Terrible Days. Some More Details as to the Battles Before Nashville. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. August 23rd, 1894
• National Tribune. Led by the Major, How Some Stalwarts of the 95th Ohio Got Out of a Bad Scrape. E.W. Pine. April 11, 1895. Richmond, KY
• National Tribune. Down the Mississippi. Dangers to Federals from Ambushes from Shore. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. February 20th, 1896
• National Tribune. Spy-Hunting in Memphis. Busy Days for a Court-Martial There in 1864. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. November 26th, 1896
• National Tribune. Soldiering in Earnest. Campaigning in 1864 Against "Pap" Price and Other Restless Rebel Leaders. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. August 24th, 1899. Price's Missouri Raid
• National Tribune. Helping Them Out. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. October 12th, 1899. Nashville Campaign
• A Hard Campaign. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. (September - November 1864) The Ohio Soldier. pgs. 81, 96. Whole Number 390. Volume XVII. Number 6. October 26, 1901. Chillicothe. Ohio
• National Tribune. Through Great Tribulations. Pursuing Price Through Fire and Snow. Voting for President -- Over Old Battlefields. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. November 9th, 1905. Price's Missouri Raid
• National Tribune. Co. D, 95th Ohio - Reminiscent (sic). James H. Burke. 95th O.V.I. November 30th, 1905
• National Tribune. That Spring Once More. James H. Burke. 95th O.V.I. December 21st, 1905. Andersonville Prison
• 95th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Record by Captain H. Warren Phelps. pgs. 210-229. Ohio at Vicksburg. Report of the Ohio Vicksburg Battlefield Commission. by William P. Gault. Late Sergt. Co. F. 78th O.V.I. Secretary to the Commission. NP. Columbus? Ohio. 1906
• National Tribune. Forrest's Special Raid into Memphis. Has His Diary to Refer to. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. April 21st, 1910
• The Last Roll - Dr. Charles T. Wilbur. Editor. Confederate Veteran. pg 179. Volume XVIII. Number 4. April. 1910. Nashville. Tennessee
• National Tribune. McMillen's Brigade at Shy Hill. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. November 28th, 1912
• 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 95th OVI on pgs 123-124.
• Roster: Surviving Members of the 95th Regiment, O.V.I., October 17th, 1916. Thirty-first Annual Reunion to be Held at Memorial Hall, Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, October 17th, 1916. The Champlin Press. Columbus. Ohio. 1916. Call# OHS General FLM 318. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• National Tribune. The Guntown Disaster. Lawrence Sheehan. 95th O.V.I. March 23rd, 1916. Brice's Crossroads
• Roster, Surviving Members of the 95th regiment, O.V.I., August 16, 1922. NP. Columbus? 1922. Call# OHS General FLM 318. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• National Tribune. Jackson, Miss. Capture of a Dangerous Masked Battery. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. September 27th, 1923
• National Tribune. The Fight at Guntown. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. February 14th, 1924. Brice's Crossroads
• National Tribune. A First Experience. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. August 28th, 1924. Richmond, KY. According Steve Ward this article was printed in the August 28th, 1925 National Tribune
• National Tribune. Borrowed the Captain's Coat. H.W. Phelps. 95th O.V.I. July 30th, 1925
• Civil War Diary of Sgt. F.J. Thackara. Flavius J. Thackara. Co. A. 95th OVI. Feb. 3 1863-May 22 1863. 1 volume concerns Vicksburg. Call# OHS General VOL 401. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• William L. McMillen. Edwin Cole Bearss. Forrest At Brice's Cross Roads. pg. 326. Morningside Bookshop. Dayton. Ohio. 1979
• The Lucky Company: Co. A, 95th Ohio Infantry. Coby Mack. Military Images 17. pp. 20-21. July-August 1995
• Unit Bibliography. U.S. Army Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks. PA. 1995
• 95th OVI Monument. Vicksburg National Military Park. 3201 Clay Street. Vicksburg. MS. 39180. 1998
• Colors of the 95th O.V.I. Painting. Fight for the Colors. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio. 2000
• The Civil War Letters of John Constable Potts. Letters of John Constable Potts. Submitted by Mary Lou Potts Kuhn. Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal. pgs. 122-124. 3 letters. Volume V. Number 3. 2001. Ohio Genealogical Society. Mansfield. Ohio
• 1st Lt. Isaac Brown Potts, Co. A, 95th OVI. by Mary Lou Potts Kuhn. Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal. pgs. 145-151. Volume VI. Number 3. 2002. Ohio Genealogical Society. Mansfield. Ohio

James A. Caruthers of Company G and Sergeant Samuel Craig Starr of Company D,
95th Ohio Infantry Regiment
gem tintype, hand-colored ; 7.5 x 11.8 cm (case)
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division,
Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2552

History

Organized August 19, 1862, under Colonel William L. McMillen, the next day it proceeded to Kentucky and soon engaged in the disastrous battle at Richmond, where most of the Regiment was captured. The men were exchanged in November, and until May, 1863, were kept at work in drill and reorganization. It moved to Memphis, then down the river to Vicksburg, where it participated in the battles and siege that resulted in the downfall of that stronghold. It again moved to Memphis, and in June, 1864, formed part of an expedition marching into the interior of Mississippi under General Sturgis. It met with disaster, sustaining a loss of one half its number. The following month it pursued the same line of march with better success. Later the Regiment operated in Arkansas and Missouri, and in December, 1864, joined General Thomas at Nashville, participating in the battle at that place. It followed in the pursuit of Hood, and in March, 1865, joined Canby at Mobile. After the evacuation it moved north to Montgomery. The Regiment was finally mustered out August 19, 1865, after sustaining a loss of over 500 men during its term of service.

From Dyer's Compendium

95th Regiment Infantry. Organized at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, and mustered in August 19, 1862. Moved to Lexington, Ky., August 20. Attached to Cruft's Brigade, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio. Battle of Richmond, Ky., August 29-30. Regiment mostly captured. Exchanged November 20, 1862. Reorganizing at Camp Chase, Ohio, till, March, 1863. Left State for Memphis, Tenn., March 25. Moved from Memphis, Tenn., to Young's Point, La., and Ducksport Landing March 29-April 1. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Detachment Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.---Operations against Vicksburg, Miss., April 2-July 4. Moved to join army in rear of Vicksburg, Miss., May 2-14. Mississippi Springs May 13. Baldwyn's Ferry May 13. Jackson May 14. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Big Black till November. Expedition to Canton October 14-20. Bogue Chitto Creek October 17. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., November 12. and guard Memphis & Charleston Railroad near that city till February, 1864. Lafayette, Tenn., December 27, 1863 (Detachment). Expedition to Wyatt's, Miss., February 6-18. Coldwater Ferry February 8. Near Senatobia February 8-9. Hickahala Creek February 10. Duty at Memphis till June. Sturgis' Expedition from Memphis to Ripley April 30-May 9. Sturgis' Expedition to Guntown, Miss., June 1-13. Brice's or Tishamingo Creek, near Guntown, June 10. Davis Mills June 12. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Camargo's Cross Roads, near Harrisburg, July 13. Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15. Old Town or Tishamingo Creek July 15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Abbeville August 23. Moved to Duvall's Bluff, Ark., September 1. March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price September 17-November 16. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 21-December 1. Little Harpeth December 6. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Eastport, Miss., till February, 1865. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 9-22, thence to Mobile Point, Ala. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defences March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-26. Duty there and in the Depts. of Alabama and Mississippi till August. Mustered out August 19, 1865. Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 58 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 215 Enlisted men by disease. Total 276.

Thanks to Dr. Richard A. Sauers for the initial research and indexing of the National Tribune articles.

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