Showing posts with label 162nd OH INF. Show all posts
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Saturday, August 9, 2014

162nd Ohio Infantry

Organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, and mustered in May 20, 1864. Companies "A," "C," "F" and "K" on duty at Tod Barracks, Columbus, Ohio, till September 4. Companies "B," "D," "E," "G," "H" and "I" moved to Covington, Ky., June 11. Expedition to Carrollton, Ky., in search of Moses Webster's men. Duty at Carrollton and Covington, Ky., recruiting for the 117th United States Colored Troops and arresting prominent Rebels till September. Mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio, September 4, 1864.

Regiment lost during service 20 Enlisted men by disease.

SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1552