Infantry Units: 32nd 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 near Mansfield, Ohio from August 20 to September 7, 1861 to serve three years. Company F was permanently detached December 22, 1863 as the 26th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery, and a new Company F was organized in February and Marhc 1864. On the expiration of the term of service of the regiment, the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits, retained in service until July 20, 1865, when it was mustered out in accordance with orders from the War Department.
Some of the battles in which this unit participated include:
- Greenbrier, WV, October 3, 1861
- Camp Alleghany, WV, December 13, 1861
- McDowell, VA, May 8, 1862
- Cross Keys, VA, June 8, 1862
- Port Republic, VA, June 9, 1862
- Harper's Ferry, VA,. September 12-15, 1862
- Port Gibson, MS, May 1, 1863
- Raymond, MS, May 12, 1863
- Jackson, MS, May 14, 1863Champion Hills, MS, May 16, 1863
- Vicksburg, MS (Siege), May 18-July 4, 1863
- Baker's Creek, MS, February 4, 1864
- Clinton, MS, February 5, 1864
- Kenesaw Mountain, GA, June 9-30, 1864
- Nickajack Creek, GA, July 6-10, 1864
- Peachtree Creek, GA, July 20, 1864
- Atlanta, July 22, 1864; July 28-September 4, 1864
- Savannah, GA, December 10-21, 1864
- Fayetteville, NC, March 13, 1865
- Bentonville, NC, March 19-21, 1865
Roster - Company H
Alfred G. Barnett
Mathias H. Ridenour
Articles about the Unit/Anonymous Letters
Articles
Lima Weekly Gazette: April 22, 1863
Letter:
"Private," Company D. Norwalk Experiment: April 23, 1863
Unknown, Company H. Lima Weekly Gazette: December 11, 1861
"J.," Company K. Lima Weekly Gazette: September 4, 1861, September 25, 1861, October 9, 1861, October 16, 1861
