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Infantry Units: 25th 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 Columbus, Ohio in June and July 1861 to serve three years. Company D was permanently detached as the 12th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery, March 17, 1862. A new company was organized in October 1864 to serve one year and assigned to this Regiment as Company D. The original members (except veterans) were mustered out on July 16, 1864 and Company D October 16, 1865, by reason on expiration of term of service. The organization, composed of veterans and recruits, was retained in service until June 18, 1866 when it was mustered out in accordance with orders from the War Department.

Some of the battles in which this unit participated include:

  • Cheat Mountain, WV, September 12-13, 1861
  • Greenbrier, WV, October 3, 1861
  • Camp Alleghany, WV, December 12-13, 1861
  • Huntersville, VA, January 4, 1862
  • Monterey, VA, January 4, 1862
  • McDowell, VA, May 8, 1862
  • Cross Keys, VA, June 8, 1862
  • Freeman's Ford, VA, August 23-25, 1862
  • Bull Run, VA (2nd Battle), August 29-31, 1862
  • Chancellorsville, VA, May 1-4, 1863
  • Gettysburg, PA, July 1-3, 1863
  • Hagerstown, MD, July 6, 1863
  • Fort Wagner, SC, September 7, 1863
  • Honey Hill, SC, November 30, 1864
  • Deveaux Neck & Gregory's Landing, SC, December 6-9, 1864
  • Charlestown, SC (occupation), February 18, 1865
  • Swift Creek, SC, April 19, 1865

Roster - Company B

Luther B. Mesnard
Samuel A. Wildman

Roster - Company D

Lieutenant Colonel Edward C. Culp, Company D

Edward C. Culp enlisted as an 18 year old Sergeant in Company D, 25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on June 8, 1861, mustering into service July 26, 1861. Culp had a remarkable service record and was promoted through the ranks: to Sergeant Major November 1, 1861, was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company C to date May 6, 1862, to First Lieutenant of Company F to date September 11, 1862, to Captain of Company A to date March 15, 1864, to Major to date January 6, 1865, and promoted but not mustered to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on May 25, 1866. He was mustered out June 18, 1866 at Columbus, Ohio.
Letters: Norwalk Reflector: October 29, 1861, November 12, 1861, January 25, 1862, April 29, 1862, June 3, 1862, June 24, 1862, January 6, 1863, May 19, 1863, July 21, 1863, August 25, 1863, June 14, 1864

Roster - Company E

Officers

Moses H. Crowell
Andrew Jackson Hale
George N. Holcomb
David R. Hunt

Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel

George F. Alfred
Norton G. Skinner

Roster - Company G

Andrew J. Ames
Erwin M. Bergstresser
William W. Chamberlain
William H. Swigert

Roster - Company K

Jonathan Brown
Neil Cameron
Irvin F. Carver
Private Emil L. Marx
Harlow Mulliken

Articles about the Unit/Anonymous Letters

Articles:
Norwalk Reflector: December 20, 1864
Norwalk Experiment: June 2, 1862
Seneca Advertiser: June 20, 1862, May 15, 1863
Tiffin Weekly Tribune: June 6, 1862, September 12, 1862, November 14, 1862, August 14, 1864
Toledo Blade- 9/8/1862, 5/12/1863, 2/3/1864, 2/5/1864, 12/10/1864
Toledo Daily Commercial- 8/3/1863, 2/5/1864, 12/12/1864

Letters:
"C.P.W." Norwalk Reflector: September 29, 1863
"Jonathan Jinkins". Crawford County Forum: May 16, 1862, May 30, 1862
Unknown officer, Company K. Perrysburg Journal--1/11/1865
"C.," 25th Ohio Infantry. Toledo Blade- 8/10/1861
"E.S.," Company E. Fremont Journal - July 25, 1862
"H.H.H.," Company E. Fremont Journal - May 23, 1862
Member, Company K. Toledo Herald and Times- 12/16/1861
"Neophyte," Company K. Toledo Herald and Times- 7/3/1861, 7/15/1861, 7/29/1861, 9/4/1861
Tom and Jim, Company K. Toledo Herald and Times- 11/18/1861
"W.H.H.," Company E. Fremont Journal - October 11, 1861
"A Voice from the Army". Fremont Journal- February 6, 1863
"7th Company," Company G. Tiffin Weekly Tribune: January 9, 1863
"A Seneca Boy," Company G. Tiffin Weekly Tribune: January 3, 1862
"H.J.H.," Company G. Tiffin Weekly Tribune: April 24, 1863
"J. Bird," Company G. Tiffin Weekly Tribune: May 16, 1862, June 6, 1862
"Ohio Boy," Company G. Tiffin Weekly Tribune: May 9, 1862, May 30, 1862
"Republic," Company G. Tiffin Weekly Tribune: March 7, 1862
"Seneca," Company G. Tiffin Weekly Tribune: February 7, 1862

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