Thursday, August 7, 2014

151st Ohio Infantry

Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and mustered in May 18, 1864. Left State for Washington, D.C., May 14. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Haskins' Division, 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. 1st Brigade, Haskins' Division, 22nd Army Corps, to August, 1864. Assigned to duty as garrison at Forts Sumner, Mansfield and Simmons till August 23. Companies "C" and "G" at Fort Stevens, Company "I" at Fort Smeade, Company "K" at Fort Kearney. Repulse of Early's attack on Washington, D.C., July 11-12. Regiment concentrated at Fort Simmons August 17. Moved to Camp Chase, Ohio, August 23, and mustered out August 27, 1864.

Lost during service 10 Enlisted men by disease.

SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1551

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