Infantry Units: 11th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
The biographical sketches here show only those members of the unit who wrote letters to their local newspapers. Information may be drawn from the unit roster, newspaper obituaries, or other biographical sources.
Company A, 11th OVI
Captain Calvin J. Childs
Enlisted 4/15/1861 as Captain, mustered out 6/14/1861, enlisted 6/14/1861 as
Captain, resigned commission 5/7/1862.
Perrysburg Journal--10/31/1861
Company D, 11th OVI
Private William C. Philo
Enlisted 6/20/1861, mustered out 6/21/1864.
Perrysburg Journal--5/6/1863
Company F, 11th OVI
Private Elijah H. Eyer
Elijah H. Eyer enlisted as a 27 year old Private in Company F, 11th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry on April 18, 1861, mustering into service April 26, 1861. He reenlisted
for three years' service on June 20, 1861, and mustered out June 20, 1864.
Letters: Darke County Democrat- November 6, 1861, November 20, 1861, November 27, 1861, March 26, 1862,
April 16, 1862, May 7, 1862, June 11, 1862, July 2, 1862, July 30, 1862,
August 20, 1862, November 26, 1862, December 17, 1862, December 31, 1862
WWW Sites
- 11th Ohio Infantry (read down)
