Infantry Units: 74th 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 - Field and Staff
Colonel Granville Moody
Granville Moody was born January 2, 1812 in Portland, Massachusetts
(later Maine) and moved to Ohio in early manhood and worked as a Methodist
minister. He was commissioned Colonel of the 74th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
December 10, 1861, and spent many of his months in initial service at Camp
Chase in Columbus, Ohio. He joined his regiment in Nashville and took a
prominent part in the Battle of Stones River. He resigned his commission
May 16, 1863. Colonel Moody was given a brevet promotion to Brigadier General
to date March 13, 1865, and died June 4, 1887 in Jefferson, Iowa.
Hancock Jeffersonian: February 27, 1863
Roster - Company H, 74th OVI
Captain Joseph H. Ballard
Joseph H. Ballard enlisted as a 26 year old First Sergeant in Company A, 74th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry on October 9, 1861. He was mustered into service January
3, 1863 but was transferred to Company H on February 20, 1862 and promoted to
the rank of Captain. He served with his regiment through the siege of Nashville
and the Stones River campaign before resigning his commission January 15, 1863.
Hancock Courier: June 20, 1862
Second Lieutenant Edward H. Ballard
Edward H. Ballard was commissioned Second Lieutenant in Company H, 74th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry on February 10, 1863, joining the regiment in Murfreesboro. He
took part in the Tullahoma, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga campaigns before he
resigned his commission December 16, 1863.
Article: Hancock Jeffersonian: October 23, 1863
Roster - Company K, 74th OVI
Sergeant John A. McKee
Enlisted 1/28/1862 as a Private, promoted to Sergeant 2/28/1862, promoted to
2nd Lieutenant 4/28/1863, drowned 2/1/1864 at Cincinnati, Ohio
Poem: Perrysburg Journal-4/29/1863
WWW Sites
- 74th OVI
- 74th OVI Research Resources
- Milton Weaver Collection (University of Tennessee)
- Chickamauga Campaign Order of Battle
