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Title: 103D OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT; The encyclopedia of Cleveland history; Alternate title: The dictionary of Cleveland biography
Creator: Grabowski,John J.; Van Tassel, David D. (David Dirck), 1928-
Date: 8/22/2002
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2186/ksl:ech-oovir3
Summary: The 103D OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1862-65, included approximately 460 men from Cleveland and Cuyahoga County during its term of service. The regiment was raised at Camp Cleveland (see CIVIL WAR CAMPS IN CLEVELAND) during the summer of 1862, leaving for Cincinnati on 3 Sept. It was assigned to the following units: 2d Brigade, 1st Div., Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio
(Sept.-Oct. 1862); 2d Div., 2d Brigade, Army of Kentucky (Oct.-Dec. 1862); 1st Brigade, 4th Div., 4th Army Corps, District of Central Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio (Jan.-June 1863); 1st Brigade, 1st Div., 23d Army Corps, Army of the Ohio (June-Aug. 1863); 2d Brigade, 3d Div., 23d Army Corps (Aug. 1863-Feb. 1865); and 2d Brigade, 3d Div., 23d Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina (Feb.-June 1865). The regiment participated in the Knoxville, Atlanta, and Carolinas campaigns and the battles of Resaca, Armstrong's Hill, and Ft. Fisher. The unit was mustered out at Raleigh, NC, on 12 June 1865, and its men discharged and paid off at Camp Cleveland on 22 June. The 103d lost 139 men to hostile action and 109 to disease. Veterans of the 103d Ohio Volunteer Infantry began holding annual reunions in 1867 and their descendants maintained a reunion campground in Sheffield Lake, OH. A Sons & Daughters Assn. was formed in 1889, and in 1907 the veterans created a corporation to maintain the campground. In 1972 a memorial foundation was established for a museum dedicated to the history of the regiment, located in Sheffield. Hayes, Philip C. Journal-History of the Hundred & Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry (1872). Members of the 103d Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Personal Reminiscences and Experiences (1900).
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Title: 107TH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT; The encyclopedia of Cleveland history; Alternate title: The dictionary of Cleveland biography
Creator: Grabowski,John J.; Van Tassel, David D. (David Dirck), 1928-
Date: 8/22/2002
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2186/ksl:ech-oovir1
Summary: The 107TH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1862-65, was composed largely of immigrant Germans from Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. It was organized at Camp Taylor (see CIVIL WAR CAMPS IN CLEVELAND) in the summer of 1862 and mustered into federal service on 9 Sept. The regiment was transferred to Covington, KY, serving there until October. After a short period of duty at Delaware,
OH, it was sent to Washington, DC, and assigned to the 2d Brigade, 3d Div., 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, in October. It served with this unit until December. The 107th was then assigned to the following units: 2d Brigade, 1st Div., 11th Army Corps (Dec. 1862-July 1863); 1st Brigade, 1st Div., 11th Army Corps (July-Aug. 1863); 1st Brigade, Gordon's Div., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South (Aug. 1863-Jan. 1864); 2d Brigade, Gordon's Div., 10th Army Corps (Jan.-Feb. 1864); 1st Brigade, Ames' Div., District of Florida, Dept. of the South (Feb.-Apr. 1864); District of Florida (Apr.-Oct. 1864); 4th Separate Brigade, District of Florida, Dept. of the South (Oct. 1864); 1st Brigade, Coast Div., Dept. of the South (Nov. 1864); 4th Separate Brigade, Dept. of the South (Dec. 1864-Jan. 1865); 1st Separate Brigade, Northern District, Dept. of the South (Jan.-Mar. 1865); and 1st Separate Brigade, District of Charleston, Dept. of the South (Mar.-July 1865). The regiment participated in the Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg campaigns of the CIVIL WAR and assisted in the destruction of the Charleston & Savannah Railroad. The 107th was mustered out at Charleston, SC, on 10 July 1865 and its men discharged and paid off at Camp Cleveland shortly thereafter. The unit lost 57 men to hostile causes and 76 to disease. Smith, Jacob. Camps and Campaigns of the 107th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry from August 1862 to July 1865 (ca. 1910).
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Title: 10TH OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY; The encyclopedia of Cleveland history; Alternate title: The dictionary of Cleveland biography
Creator: Grabowski,John J.; Van Tassel, David D. (David Dirck), 1928-
Date: 8/24/2002
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2186/ksl:ech-tovc
Summary: The 10TH OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY, 1862-65, was organized at Camp Cleveland (see CIVIL WAR CAMPS IN CLEVELAND) in 1863 to serve in the CIVIL WAR. Companies A through L were mustered into federal service from January through March. Co. M was not mustered in until July, however, at Camp Chase in Columbus, OH. Fifty-five Clevelanders served in this unit. The 10th Cavalry left for Nashville,
TN, on 27 Feb. 1863; it was assigned to the 2d Brigade, 2d Cavalry Div., Army of the Cumberland, until June. The unit was subsequently assigned to: the 3d Brigade, 2d Div., Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland (June-Aug. 1863); the 2d Brigade, 2d Div., Army of the Cumberland (Aug.-Nov. 1863); the 2d Brigade, 3d Div., Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland (Nov. 1863-Oct. 1864); and the 2d Brigade, 3d Div., Cavalry Corps, Military Div. of the Mississippi (Oct. 1864-June 1865). The 10th participated in battles and campaigns at Murfreesboro, TN, and Chickamauga and Atlanta, GA, as well as General Sherman's "March to the Sea." The regiment was mustered out on 24 July 1865 in Lexington, NC, and its members formally discharged and paid off at Camp Cleveland shortly thereafter. During its service, the 10th lost 3 officers and 34 enlisted men to hostile causes and 1 officer and 60 enlisted men to disease. Daniel D. Hopper Papers, WRHS.
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Title: 11TH MILITARY DISTRICT OF OHIO; The encyclopedia of Cleveland history; Alternate title: The dictionary of Cleveland biography
Creator: Grabowski,John J.; Van Tassel, David D. (David Dirck), 1928-
Date: 8/13/2002
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2186/ksl:ech-emdoo
Summary: The 11TH MILITARY DISTRICT OF OHIO, headquartered in Cleveland, was one of 11 recruiting districts established throughout the state by proclamation of Governor David Tod on 8 July 1862. The districts were established to coordinate the recruitment of CIVIL WAR soldiers. Twenty-two regiments, totaling over 30,000 men, were to be created in the state. Each district had to recruit
only from within its boundaries. The 11th District included Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Mahoning, Trumbull, Geauga, Lake, and Ashtabula counties. Of the 4 regiments raised in the district, two, the 103D OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY and the 124TH VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, consisted largely of Clevelanders and were trained at Camp Cleveland (see CIVIL WAR CAMPS). Harper, Robert S. Ohio Handbook of the Civil War (1961).
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Title: 124TH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT; The encyclopedia of Cleveland history; Alternate title: The dictionary of Cleveland biography
Creator: Grabowski,John J.; Van Tassel, David D. (David Dirck), 1928-
Date: 8/22/2002
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2186/ksl:ech-oovir5
Summary: The 124TH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1862-65, was organized at Camp Taylor (see CIVIL WAR CAMPS IN CLEVELAND) in the fall of 1862 and mustered into federal service on 1 Jan. 1863. It moved to Elizabethtown, KY, and remained there until Feb. 1863 as a part of the District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio. The 124th was assigned to the following units during the remainder
of the CIVIL WAR: 1st Brigade, 3d Div., Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Cumberland (Feb.-June 1863); 2d Brigade, 2d Div., 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland (June-Oct. 1863); and 2d Brigade, 3d Div., 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland (Oct. 1863-June 1865). The regiment participated in the Chattanooga-Ringgold and Atlanta campaigns and was active in the relief of Knoxville, TN. The unit was mustered out at Nashville on 9 July 1865, and its men paid off and discharged at Camp Cleveland shortly thereafter. The 124th lost 85 men to hostile action and 125 to disease. Lewis, George W. The Campaigns of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (1894).
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