Infantry Units: 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Infantry units were recruited from all over the state. Those represented in detail here are the ones recruited primarily from northwest Ohio counties and those whose members wrote to local newspapers. More information will be added as it becomes available.
This Regiment was organized at Findlay, Ohio, September 19, 1861, to serve three years. On the expiration of its term of service, the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits, retained in service until July 25, 1865, when it was mustered out in accordance with orders from the War Department.
Some of the battles in which this unit participated include:
- Try Mountain, KY, November 9, 1861
- Bowling Green, KY, February 15, 1862
- Huntsville, AL, April 11, 1862
- Bridgeport, AL, Aparil 15, 1862
- La Vergne, TN, October 7, 1862
- Nashville, TN, November 5, 1862
- Stone River, TN, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863
- Tullahoma Campaign, TN, June 23-30, 1863
- Dug Gap, GA, September 11, 1863
- Chickamauga, GA, September 19-20, 1863
- Missionary Ridge, TN, November 25, 1863
- Buzzard Roost, GA, May 8, 1864
- Resaca, GA, May 13-16, 1864
- New Hope Church, GA, May 28, 1864
- Kenesaw Mountain, GA, June 9-30, 1864
- Vining Station, GA, July 2-5, 1864
- Chattahoochee River, GA, July 6-10, 1864
- Peachtree Creek, GA, July 2-5, 1864
- Atlanta, GA (Hood's 1st Sortie), July 22, 1864
- Jonesboro, GA, September 1, 1864
- Savannah, GA (Siege of), December 10-21, 1864
- Averysboro, NC, March 16, 1865
- Bentonville, NC, March 19-21, 1865
Roster - Field and Staff
Mustered in September 19, 1861 at Findlay, Ohio by E. Morgan Wood, Captain, 15th Infantry USA. Mustered out July 25, 1865 at Louisville, KY by George H. Tracy, Captain 15th Infantry, USA.
Field and Staff
William M. Detweiler
Arnold McMahan
Robert S. Mungen
James M. Neibling
Jesse S. Norton
Dwella M. Stoughton
George F. Walker
Roster - Company A, 21st OVI
Officers
Daniel A. Richards
James A. Wilson
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Michael J. A'Herne
David Beard
Erastus T. Biggs
Wesley Bradford
Joseph Camp
Hugh M. Clark
William Didway
Eli H. Dukes
Reuben Daniel Fabun
Jonathan Fellers
Thomas Fitzgibbon
Absalom E. Kleckner
Tilden Kleckner
John C. Leonard
John H. Morrell
James B. Morrison
Thomas Ray Morrison
David S. Rosenberger
Harrison Stackhouse
Daniel S. Swartz
Walter Thomas
Joseph Twining
Jesse Ward
John Ward
Augustus C. Williamson
Roster - Company B, 21st OVI
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Washington Swank
Jacob F. Oman
John L. Bibler
Henry P. Fox
Roster - Company C, 21st OVI
Officers
Asher Cook
Leonard B. Blinn
Daniel Lewis
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Francis C. Arnold
James P. Averill
Amos K. Bond
George Ferguson
Henry H. Houston
Jacob F. Rentz
Frederick Rundio
George Scheets
Ara C. Spafford
Franklin Swank
Francis H. Thompson
Roster - Company D, 21st OVI
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Roster - Company E, 21st OVI
Officers
James P. Arrants
Lewis E. Brewster
Samuel F. Cheney
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Roster - Company F, 21st OVI
Officers
Henry Harvey Alban
Jacob L. Keller
Alexander A. Monroe
Joseph Edward Stearns
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Christopher Bolton
John H. Bolton
Wilson W. Brown
James Dorsey
William J. Dorsey
Rufus Hubner
George Kibler
James M. Latham
George Loy
John M. Scott
Solomon Scoudien
Elmond S. Shoemaker
John J. Slater
Cyrus Stoker
Darius Stoker
David Stokes
John C. Wilkinson
Roster - Company G, 21st OVI
Officers
Thomas G. Allen
Isaac Cusac
James Porter
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
William Chapman
Cyrus Hemery
Henry Hough
Levi Thomas (Thompson)
William Waltman
John Zoebaugh
Roster - Company H, 21st OVI
Officers
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Ebenezer Donaldson
Henry R. Skinner
Lafayette Hale
Silas S. Daish
Roster - Company I, 21st OVI
Officers
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Roster - Company K, 21st OVI
Officers
Silas S. Canfield
Samuel A. Strong
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
George S. Canfield
Alexander G. Forrest
Benjamin F. Kelley
Articles about the Unit/Anonymous Letters
Articles:
Fremont Journal- June 26, 1863, October 9, 1863
Hancock Courier: April 26, 1861, July 26, 1861, August 23, 1861, August 30, 1861,
November 29, 1861 (2), January 9, 1863, January 30, 1863 (2), October 9, 1863,
November 27, 1863, February 26, 1864, March 4, 1864, June 3, 1864, July 21, 1864,
February 23, 1865
Hancock Jeffersonian: April 26, 1861, May 3, 1861, July 5, 1861, August 16, 1861,
August 23, 1861, January 9, 1863, January 30, 1863, May 8, 1863, November 27, 1863,
July 22, 1864
Toledo Blade- July 9, 1864, July 20, 1864, September 15, 1864
Toledo Daily Commercial- 7/12/1864, 9/14/1864
Letters:
"D." Company E. Defiance Democrat- July 4, 1863
"K." Company F. Hancock Jeffersonian- January 3, 1862, December 12, 1862
"Twenty-firster." Company G. Hancock Courier: July 25, 1862
"Tau-VS," Company A. Hancock Courier- April 26, 1861
"Mt. Blanchard Boys," Company F. Hancock Jeffersonian- June 28, 1861
"A Private Soldier," Company G. Hancock Courier- July 5, 1861
"M.P.B." Hancock Jeffersonian- July 19, 1861
Unknown. Wyandot Democratic Union- August 21, 1862 pg. 2
"J.M." Perrysburg Journal--3/4/1863
"A.C." Perrysburg Journal--8/10/1864, 9/28/1864.
"B.R." Perrysburg Journal--7/27/1864
Member, 21st Ohio Infantry. Toledo Blade- 10/9/1861
Unknown, 21st Ohio Infantry. Hancock Courier: May 1, 1863
"Buckeye." Company I. Hancock Jeffersonian: August 29, 1862, November 21, 1862, November 6, 1863, November 13, 1863
"D.H." Company I. Hancock Jeffersonian: April 24, 1863
"H." Company I. Hancock Jeffersonian: January 9, 1863
"Twenty First." Company I. Hancock Courier: October 25, 1861, December 6, 1861, January 3, 1862
"Twenty Firster." Company I. Hancock Courier: March 18, 1864
"Twenty Firster." Company I. Hancock Jeffersonian: March 4, 1864
"Veteran." Company I. Hancock Jeffersonian: May 20, 1864
"Whack." Company I. Hancock Courier: April 11, 1862
"Wood County." Company I. Hancock Courier: January 16, 1863
"21ster," Company G. Seneca Advertiser: August 8, 1862
