Infantry Units: 116th 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 Gallipolis and Marietta, Ohio in September and October 1862, to serve three years. It was mustered out of service June 14, 1865 in accordance with orders from the War Department.
Some of the battles in which this unit participated include:
- Moorefield, VA, January 3, 1863
- Romney, VA, February 16, 1863
- Bunker Hill, VA, June 13, 1863
- Winchester, VA, June 14-15, 1863
- Piedmont, VA (Mt. Crawford), June 5, 1864
- Lynchburg, VA, June 17-18, 1864
- Snicker's Ferry, VA, July 18, 1864
- Winchester, VA, July 24, 1864
- Halltown, VA, August 26-27, 1864
- Berryville, VA, September 3-4, 1864
- Opequan, VA, Spetmeber 19, 1864
- Fisher's Hill, VA (Woodstock), September 22, 1864
- Cedar Creek, VA (Middletown), October 19, 1864
- Fort Gregg, VA (Petersburg), April 2, 1865
- High Bridge, VA, April 6, 1865
- Appomattox Courthouse, VA, April 8-9, 1865
