Infantry Units: 67th 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 in the State of Ohio at large, from October 1861 to January 1862 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. The 62nd Regiment Ohio Infantry was consolidated with it September 1, 1865. It was mustered out December 7, 1865, in accordance with orders from the War Department.
Some of the battles in which this unit participated include:
- Winchester, VA (Kearnstown), March 23, 1862
- Stasburg, VA, March 27, 1862
- Front Royal, VA, May 30, 1862
- Harrison's Landing, VA, July 4, 1862
- Malvern Hill, VA, August 5, 1862
- Franklin, VA, October 5, 1862
- Blackwater, VA, December 11-12, 1862
- Fort Wagner, SC (Siege; includes 2nd Assault), July 10-September 6, 1863
- Chester Station, VA, May 9-10, 1864
- Bermuda Hundred, VA, May 16-30, 1864
- Wier Bottom Church, VA, May 20, 1864
- Petersburg, VA (Siege), June 15, 1864-April 2, 1865
- Deep Bottom Run, VA, August 14-18, 1864
- Darbytown Road, VA, October 17-28, 1864
- Petersburg, VA (Fall of), April 2, 1865
- Appomattox, VA, April 8-9, 1865
Roster - Field and Staff
Henry Steele Commager
Chauncey Coston
Alvin Coe Voris
Lewis Butler
Rodney J. Hathaway
John Crabbs
John Faskin
Samuel F. Forbes
Benjamin F. Stowe
James Westfall
Cary D. Lindsay
Roster - Company A
John T. Bailey
Orville M. Eddy
Roster - Company B
Roster - Company C
George M. Ballard
George L. Childs
Roster - Company D
Mustered in from October 4, 1861 to January 7, 1862 at Camp Chase, Ohio. Mustered out December 7, 1865 at City Point, VA.
Patrick Murphy
Florence J. O'Sullivan
Roster - Company E
Roster - Company G
Roster - Company H
Mustered in August 14, 1861 at Camp Chase, OH; mustered out July 11, 1865 at Louisville, KY
John B. Spafford
John Jeff Parsons
Roster - Company I
William W. Potes
John H. Smith
Roster - Company K
John C. Cochrane
Sheldon Colton
Edward C. Ketchum
Joseph Parsons Owen
Joseph Seiter
Articles about the Unit/Anonymous Letters
Articles:
Toledo Blade- 10/2/1861, 10/8/1861, 10/18/1861, 10/24/1861, 12/28/1861, 1/9/1862, 2/5/1862, 3/1/1862, 9/8/1863, 9/10/1863, 11/13/1863, 2/17/1864, 5/17/1864, 5/28/1864, 9/8/1864, 7/1/1865
Toledo Daily Commercial- 9/26/1863, 5/19/1864, 5/27/1864, 5/30/1864, 6/18/1864,
10/21/1864, 11/3/1864, 11/7/1864, 1/17/1865
Toledo Herald and Times- 12/26/1861
Letters:
"B.," 67th Ohio Infantry. Toledo Blade- 5/18/1863
"D.X.S.," 67th Ohio Infantry. Toledo Blade- 3/13/1862
"F.", 67th Ohio Infantry. Toledo Blade- 2/28/1862
"H.," 67th Ohio Infantry. Toledo Blade- 1/21/1862
"L.E.M.," 67th Ohio Infantry. Toledo Blade- 5/24/1864
"Member" 67th Ohio Infantry. Toledo Blade- 2/20/1862, 11/22/1862, 6/25/1864
"Observer," 67th Ohio Infantry. Toledo Blade- 5/31/1862, 6/18/1862, 6/20/1862, 7/5/1862, 7/16/1862, 1/31/1863, 2/13/1863
Officer, 67th Ohio Infantry. Toledo Blade- 2/13/1862, 6/8/1864
"Quarter," 67th Ohio Infantry. Toledo Blade- 5/18/1864
"Roncaks," 67th Ohio Infantry. Toledo Blade- 11/10/1864
"S.," Company E, 67th Ohio Infantry. Toledo Blade- 5/30/1864
"T.," 67th Ohio Infantry. Toledo Blade- 10/20/1864
"Union," 67th Ohio Infantry. Toledo Blade- 10/23/1863
"S.G.D." Toledo Daily Commercial- 2/14/1863
"Sixty-Seventh Regiment" Williams County Leader- 4/3/1862
Other Writers
C.H.W. Sibley
Williams County Leader- 3/6/1862
