117th Ohio Infantry Regiment

117th Ohio Infantry Regiment September 15, 1862, to May 2, 1863 United States Union Infantry Ohio U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 116th Ohio Infantry Regiment 118th Ohio Infantry Regiment The 117th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 117th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 117th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 117th Ohio Infantry was organized at Portsmouth, Ohio, and eight companies mustered in on September 15, 1862, for three years service under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Chauncey G. Hawley. The regiment was attached to District of Eastern Kentucky, Department of the Ohio. The 117th Ohio Infantry ceased to exist when it was changed to 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery on May 2, 1863. Detailed service Ordered to Kentucky October 2. Camp at Ashland, Kentucky, until January 1863. Moved to Paintsville, Kentucky, January 1863; then to Covington, Kentucky, via Peach Orchard, Louisa, and Catlettsburg, February 1863. Duty at Covington until May. Commanders Lieutenant Colonel Chauncey G. Hawley See also American Civil War Ohio List of Ohio Civil War units Ohio in the Civil War References Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Miller, Hillborn C. History of the First Ohio Heavy Artillery (First Organized as the 117th Ohio Volunteer Infantry) (S.l.: s.n.), 1966. Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865, Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission (Akron, OH: Werner Co.), 1886–1895. Reid, Whitelaw. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers (Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin), 1868. 444862 Attribution External links Ohio in the Civil War: 117th Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Larry Stevens Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1863 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Ohio Category:1862 establishments in Ohio