155th Ohio Infantry Regiment

155th Ohio Infantry Regiment 155th's badge United States of America Union Infantry Army May – August 1864 garrison and guard duty ~900 American Civil War*Bermuda Hundred CampaignOhio U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 154th Ohio Infantry Regiment 156th Ohio Infantry Regiment The 155th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 155th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) was a Union Army infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was among scores of regiments raised as Hundred Days Men to provide relief for veteran troops to enable a major U.S. War Department push to end the war within 100 days. History In early May 1864, the 92nd Regiment of the Ohio National Guard and the 44th Battalion (Mahoning County) were consolidated to form the 155th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The new unit was organized Sunday, May 8, at Camp Dennison (Cincinnati, Ohio) with 838 men under the command of Colonel Harley H. Sage for one hundred days' service. Sage had previously served in the 13th Ohio Infantry and 43rd Ohio Infantry, and had commanded the 92nd Regiment, Ohio National Guard before taking command of the 155th. On May 12, the 155th OVI left for New Creek, West Virginia. The regiment did garrison duty at Martinsburg until June 3, when it moved to Washington, D.C. From there, it moved into Virginia to White House, Bermuda Hundred and then City Point. On June 29, it went into an entrenched camp at Norfolk, where it remained until July 27 as a part of the Army of the James. On that date, a Union expeditionary force (including the 155th Ohio, 20th New York Cavalry, 1st U.S. Volunteers, and two sections of the 8th New York Independent Battery) left Norfolk for Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The troops marched the forty miles or so south to Elizabeth City to capture horses, cotton, tobacco and other contraband. On August 4, the regiment returned to Norfolk. Fifteen days later, its term of enlistment expiring, the 155th was ordered home. The regiment returned to Ohio and was mustered out August 27, 1864. The 155th Ohio lost during its service 20 enlisted men by disease.Dyer's Compendium Service record May 8, 1864 - Mustered in at Camp Dennison May 12 - Departed Camp Dennison at 5:00 A.M. May 13 - At Parkersburg, West Virginia May 14 - At Cumberland, Maryland May 15 - Arrived at Martinsburg, West Virginia May 20 - Defenses of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad May 25 - To Cedar Creek, Virginia, for escort duty May 26 - Back to Martinsburg, West Virginia June 3 - Ordered to Washington, D.C. June 9 - At White House, Virginia June 17 - Arrived at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia June 21 - At City Point, Virginia June 29 - Entrenched camp at Norfolk, Virginia July 27 - Expedition to Elizabeth City, North Carolina July 28 - Arrived at Elizabeth City, North Carolina August - Returned to Norfolk, Virginia August - Left for Ohio August 24 - Arrived at Camp Dennison, Ohio August 27 - Mustered out Statistics The men of the 155th varied greatly in age, with 52 men aged 40 and older. The oldest recruit was 48-year-old Private McAlister of Company A, and the youngest was 13-year-old William Barker, a musician with Company B. There was also 14-year-old Private Jimmy Ross of Company K. Five companies of the 155th were from Pickaway County, Ohio—A, C, E, H, & I. Company H showed 83 men on the official roster; however two of the men never mustered, and another was discharged the day after muster on a Surgeon's Certificate of Disability. The remaining 80 active men of Company H ranged in age from a 15-year-old boy (the musician) to a 44-year-old sergeant. The average age of the company was 27, with 31 men aged 21 or younger, and six men aged 40 or over.Dyer's Compendium. Field & staff Harley H. Sage, Colonel Roswell Shurtleff, Lt. Colonel Peter Lutz, Major R. G. McLean, Surgeon R. S. Stansbury, Surgeon Thomas J. Watkins, Adjutant Joseph Wallace, Regimental Quartermaster Samuel M. Bright, Chaplain Charles N. Dodd, Sergeant Major Archibald Armstrong, Quartermaster Sergeant Joseph B. Dunlap, Commissary Sergeant William R. Elder, Hospital Steward Charles B. Dowe, Principal Musician Roll of Honor Clavin, Wilson T., Sergeant, Co. D - died July 13, 1864, at Norfolk, Virginia Howard, Cowden, Private, Co. G - died July 14, 1864, at Norfolk, Virginia Holiday, Lewis, Private, Co. E - died July 15, 1864, at Norfolk, Virginia Justice, G.A., Private, Co. F - died July 17, 1864 McKinlay, William, Private, Co. E - died July 18, 1864, at Washington, D.C. Hunter, William, Private, Co. C - died July 19, 1864 McCollum, Joel, Private, Co. D - died July 20, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia Warner, A.O., Private, Co. E - died July 21, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia Miller, James C., Private, Co. D - died July 31, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia Martz, Soloman, Private, Co. G - died August 1, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia Leopard, Manuel, Private, Co. D - died August 4, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia Baker, Lawrence, Private, Co. D - died August 5, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia Brothers, John W., 1st Sergt., Co. D - died August 13, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia Floor, Hiram, Private, Co. G - died August 14, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia McClain, John, Private, Co. H - died August 15, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia Shafer, David, Private, Co. G - died August 16, 1864, at Norfolk, Virginia Haggard, Thomas C., Private, Co. I - died August 21, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia Kennedy, Henderson G., Private, Co. D - died August 25, 1864, at Washington, D.C. Cunningham, Benj. C., Private, Co. B - died August 27, 1864 Jacobs, Thomas, Private, Company B - died September 3, 1864, at Washington, D.C. Notes References Leeke, Jim (ed.), A Hundred Days to Richmond: Ohio's "Hundred Days" Men in the Civil War, Indiana University Press, 1999. 0-253-33537-X. Longacre, Edward G., Army of Amateurs: General Benjamin F. Butler and the Army of the James, 1863–1865, Stackpole Books, 1997. 0-8117-0136-0. Robertson, William Glenn, Back Door to Richmond: The Bermuda Hundred Campaign, University of Delaware Press, 1987. 0-87413-303-3. Reid, Whitelaw, Ohio In The War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers, Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1868. 978-1-154-80196-5 Roster of Ohio Soldiers: War of the Rebellion, 1861–1866, Vol. IX, 141st–184th Regiment, Infantry, Ohio Roster Commission, Werner Co., 1886–95. External links 155th Regiment, O.V.I. 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