Infantry Units: 64th 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.
Roster - Company E
Adjutant Chauncey Woodruff, Company E
Chauncey Woodruff enlisted as a 41 year old First Sergeant in Company E, 64th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry on November 6, 1861, mustering into service the same day.
He was commissioned Second Lieutenant of his company to date December 1, 1861,
and promoted to regiment Adjutant to date August 11, 1862. He was later promoted
to Captain of Company E to date July 13, 1864, but never mustered at that rank.
He resigned his commission October 2, 1864.
Letters: Norwalk Reflector: December 31, 1861, April 22, 1862, June 10, 1862
Roster - Company H
Captain Christian M. Gowing
Christian M. Gowing enlisted as an 18 year old Private in Company H, 64th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry on October 19, 1861, mustering into service the same day. He
was promoted successively to Corporal April 22, 1863, to Sergeant May 12, 1863,
commissioned First Lieutenant to date November 3, 1864, and to Captain to date
March 18, 1865. He was mustered out December 3, 1865 at Victoria, Texas.
Letter: Bucyrus Journal: February 14, 1862
First Lieutenant David T. Cummins
David T. Cummins enlisted as a 22 year old Sergeant in Company H, 64th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry on October 19, 1861, mustering into service the same date. He
was promoted to First Sergeant to date December 4, 1861, and later commissioned
Second Lieutenant to date April 1, 1863. He was promoted to First Lieutenant to
date November 5, 1863, but was wounded in action June 18, 1864 at Muddy Creek,
Georgia. He resigned his commission October 29, 1864.
Letter: Bucyrus Journal: February 21, 1862, November 21, 1862, December 19, 1862,
February 27, 1863
Second Lieutenant Daniel Howe
Daniel Howe enlisted as a 23 year old Private in Company H, 64th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry on October 22, 1861, mustering into service the same day. Promoted to
Sergeant December 4, 1861, he was again promoted to First Sergeant April 1, 1863
and received his commission as Second Lieutenant to date April 22, 1863. Wounded
in action September 20, 1863 at the Battle of Chickamauga, he was mustered out
February 22, 1865.
Letter: Bucyrus Journal: June 19, 1863, October 29, 1864
Second Lieutenant William S. McDowell
William S. McDowell enlisted as a 28 year old Quartermaster Sergeant in the
64th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on October 26, 1861, mustering into service the same
day. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant and assigned to Company H to date
November 30, 1861. He resigned his commission November 16, 1862.
Letters: Church Advocate- January 9, 1862, January 23, 1862, February 6, 1862,
February 20, 1862, March 13, 1862, July 3, 1862, July 17, 1862, August 14, 1862,
August 21, 1862, September 18, 1862, October 23, 1862, November 27, 1862,
December 18, 1862
Corporal Jacob Landis
Jacob Landis enlisted as a 21 year old Private in Company H, 64th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry on October 26, 1861, mustering into service the same day. Promoted to Corporal
to date December 4, 1861, he died of disease November 19, 1862 at Bowling Green,
Kentucky. He is buried at Nashville National Cemetery.
Letters: Church Advocate- January 23, 1862, March 6, 1862, August 14, 1862
Roster - Company K, 64th OVI
Captain William O. Sarr
William O. Sarr enlisted as a 25 year old Corporal in Company H, 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on April 23, 1861, mustering into service April 27, 1861. He was mustered out August 29, 1861.
Sarr soon set to work raising Company K, 64th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, enlisting
initially as a Private on October 1, 1861 but was soon elected Second Lieutenant
November 5, 1861. He was promoted to First Lieutenant to date May 4, 1862 and to
Captain to date December 4, 1862. On August 26, 1864, he was discharged to accept
an appointment as Captain in the 1st U.S. Veteran Volunteer Engineers.
Letter: Crawford County Forum: February 21, 1862
Captain Joseph B. Sweet
Joseph B. Sweet enlisted as Captain of Company K, 64th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
on November 5, 1861, mustering into service the same day. He was killed in action
December 31, 1862 at the Battle of Stones River, and is buried at the National
Cemetery there.
Letter: Bucyrus Journal: September 5, 1862
First Lieutenant E.B. Finley
E.B. Finley enlisted as a 28 year old Private on October 1, 1861, and was
elected First Lieutenant November 5, 1861. He was discharged July 12, 1862.
Letter: Crawford County Forum: March 28, 1862
Second Lieutenant John A. Gillis
John A. Gillis enlisted as a 36 year old First Sergeant in Company F, 64th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry on October 21, 1861, mustering into service the same day.
He was commissioned Second Lieutenant to date April 1, 1863 and transferred to
Company K. He was mustered out April 4, 1865.
Letters: Bucyrus Journal: January 30, 1863, March 20, 1863, June 26, 1863,
September 25, 1863, October 2, 1863, October 9, 1863, October 16, 1863,
November 13, 1863, September 10, 1864, November 26, 1864
First Sergeant Francis M. Welsh
Francis M. Welsh enlisted as a 23 year old Private in Company K, 64th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry on October 23, 1861, mustering into service the same date.
Promoted to First Sergeant at some point during his service, he was discharged
February 17, 1864.
Letter: Bucyrus Journal: January 24, 1862
Principal Musician Silas Sweeney Mallory
Silas S. Mallory enlisted as an 18 year old Private in Company K, 64th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry on October 17, 1861, mustering into service the same date. He
served as a musician, and was promoted to Principal Musician to date July 1, 1863,
serving in that capacity for the rest of the war. Reenlisting for the duration
of the war in 1864, he was mustered out December 3, 1865 at Victoria, Texas.
Letter: Bucyrus Journal: May 2, 1862
Private David Crosson
David Crosson enlisted as a 25 year old Private in Company K, 64th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry on November 20, 1861, mustering into service the same day. He was killed
in action May 14, 1864 at Resaca, Georgia and is buried at Chattanooga National
Cemetery.
Letters: Bucyrus Journal: January 10, 1862, January 31, 1862, February 7, 1862,
February 14, 1862, March 28, 1862, September 10, 1864
Private Ulysses Greene
Ulysses Greene enlisted as an 18 year old Private in Company K, 64th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry on October 3, 1861, mustering into service the same day.
Wounded in action May 14, 1864 at the Battle of Resaca, he was mustered out
October 5, 1864 at Columbus, Ohio.
Letter: Bucyrus Journal: February 6, 1863
Unassigned Personnel
Private Curtis Bowman, Unassigned
Curtis Bowman enlisted as an 18 year old Private in the 64th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry on October 8, 1862, mustering into service the same day. He died of disease
May 26, 1863 at Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Obituary: Bucyrus Journal: June 5, 1863
Private Hiram C. Hopkins, Unassigned
Hiram C. Hopkins was drafted as a 24 year old Private into the 64th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry on October 8, 1862, mustering into service the same day. He
died of disease July 7, 1863 at Field Hospital No. 1 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Obituary: Bucyrus Journal: September 4, 1863
