Infantry Units: 99th 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 Lima, Ohio, August 26, 1862, to serve three years. It was consolidated with the 50th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, December 31, 1864.
Some of the battles in which this unit participated include:
- Stone River, TN, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863
- Chickamauga, GA, September 19-20, 1863
- Lookout Mountain, TN, November 24, 1863
- Missionary Ridge, TN, November 25, 1863
- Rocky Face Rige, GA, May 7, 1864
- Resaca, GA, May 13-16, 1864
- Dallas, GA, May 25-June 4, 1864
- Kennesaw Mountain, GA, June 9-30, 1864
- Pine Mountain, GA, June 14, 1864
- Atlanta, GA, July 28-September 2, 1864
- Jonesboro, GA, August 31, September 1, 1864
- Lovejoy Station, GA, September 2-6, 1864
- Nashville, TN, December 15-16, 1864
Roster - Field and Staff
Albert Langworthy
Peter Tyler Swaine
John E. Cummins
James A. Bope
Joseph T. Woods
James M. Morrow
James W. McCracken
Roster - Company B, 99th OVI
Roster - Company D, 99th OVI
Officers
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Samuel H. Bolton
Michael Hockenberger
Ephraim Johnston
Jackson Adam Painter
Robert Redick
William Taylor
Roster - Company E, 99th OVI
Roster - Company G, 99th OVI
Officers
Oliver P. Capell
Charles G. Barnd
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Johnston Bonham
Thomas Newell
Eli Ream
Articles about the Unit/Anonymous Letters
Articles:
Hancock Jeffersonian: January 30, 1863
Letters:
"C." Hancock Jeffersonian: July 24, 1863
"C.J." Hancock Jeffersonian: April 22, 1864
"Severus". Hancock Courier: September 19, 1862, May 15, 1863
"Severus". Hancock Jeffersonian: March 4, 1864
