Infantry Units: 34th 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 Camp Lucas and Dennison, Ohio from July 27-September 14, 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, consolidated with the 36th Regiment OVI, in accordance with orders from the War Department, dated February 24, 1865.
Some of the battles in which this unit participated include:
- Princeton, WV, May 15-18, 1862
- Fayetteville, WV, September 10, 1862
- Cotton Hill, WV, September 11, 1862
- Charlestown, WV, September 12, 1862
- Buffalo, WV, September 27, 1862
- Manassas Gap, VA, November 5, 1862
- Wytheville, WV, July 18, 1863
- Averill's Raid in WV, August 25-30, 1863
- Princeton, WV, May 6, 1864
- Cloyd's Mountain, VA, May 9-10, 1864
- Cove Mountain, VA, May 9-10, 1864
- Panther Gap, WV, June 3, 1864
- Piedmont, VA, June 5, 1864
- Buffalo Gap, WV, June 6, 1864
- Lexington, WV, June 10-11, 1864
- Buchanan, VA, June 14, 1864
- Otter Creek, VA, June 16, 1864
- Lynchburg, VA, June 17-18, 1864
- Liberty, VA, June 20, 1864
- Salem, VA, June 21, 1864
- Monocacy, MD, July 9, 1864
- Snicker's Gap and Ferry, VA, July 17-18, 1864
- Winchester, VA, July 20, 24, 1864
- Kernstown, VA, July 23, 1864
- Summit Point, VA, August 21, 1864
- Halltown, VA, August 24, 26-27, 1864
- Berryville, VA, September 3-4, 1864
- Martinsburg, VA, September 18, 1864
- Opequan, VA, September 19, 1864
- Fisher's Hill, VA, September 22, 1864
- Strasburg, VA, October 13, 1864
- Cedar Creek, VA, October 19, 1864
- Beverly, WV, January 11, 1865
Roster - Field and Staff
John W. Shaw
W.R.S. Clark
Freeman E. Franklin--see 8th OVI
Ezra Westcote Clark--see 8th OVI
Roster - Company D
Officers
Lemuel E. Merry
James W. Smith
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Roster - Company E
Officers
Frank B. Helwig
John Quincy Adams Fullerton
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Alexander Crosson
William Crosson
John C. Horton
Oregon Johnston
William Mader
Horace N. Martin
Isaac N. Munson
Alonzo Peitzel
John F. Sherrick
Charles A. Stough
Charles Sutphin
Isaac Williams
David Wynn
Roster - Company F
Roster - Company H
Mustered in July 23, 1861 at Camp Lucas, Ohio. Veterans and recruits consolidated with the 36th OVI February 24, 1865
Officers
Roster - Company I
Roster - Company K
Articles about the Unit/Anonymous Letters
Articles
Bucyrus Journal: May 9, 1862, August 13, 1864
Fremont Journal- March 27, 1863
Tiffin Weekly Tribune: March 27, 1863
Letters
Unknown. Bucyrus Journal: October 29, 1864
"C.," Company I. Lima Weekly Gazette: November 26, 1862
"Private". Tiffin Weekly Tribune: September 11, 1863
"Zouave". Tiffin Weekly Tribune: September 11, 1863
