107th Ohio Infantry Regiment

107th Ohio Infantry Regiment September 9, 1862, to July 10, 1865 United States Union Infantry Battle of Chancellorsville Gettysburg campaign Battle of Gettysburg Siege of Fort Wagner Battle of Dingle's MillOhio U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 106th Ohio Infantry Regiment 108th Ohio Infantry Regiment The 107th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 107th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 107th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as the 5th German Regiment. Service The 107th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Taylor in Cleveland, Ohio, and mustered in for three years service on August 26, 1862, under the command of Colonel Seraphim Meyer.Ohio Roster Commission 1888 vol.VII 627–661Reid 1868 vol.II 576-578Dyer 1908 1543 The regiment was attached to the following: 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XI Corps, to July 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XI Corps, to August 1863. 1st Brigade, Gordon's Division, Folly Island, South Carolina, X Corps, Department of the South, to January 1864. 2nd Brigade, Gordon's Division, Folly Island, South Carolina, Northern District, Department of the South, to February 1864. 1st Brigade, Ames' Division, District of Florida, Department of the South, to April 1864. District of Florida, Department of the South, to October 1864. 4th Separate Brigade, District of Florida, Department of the South, to November 1864. 1st Brigade, Coast Division, Department of the South, to December 1864. 3rd Separate Brigade, Department of the South, to January 1865. 1st Separate Brigade, Northern District, Department of the South, to March 1865. 1st Separate Brigade, District of Charleston, Department of the South, to July 1865. Detailed service The 107th OVI's detailed service is as follows (NOTE — Battles are Bolded, Italicized; campaigns are Italicized): 1862 Moved to Covington, Ky., September 28. Duty in the defenses of Cincinnati, Ohio, until October 5, 1862. At Delaware, Ohio, October 5–12. Ordered to Washington, D.C., October 12. Duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C., until December 1862. March to Fredericksburg, Va. To support of Burnside December 8–15. 1863 Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20–24, 1863. At Stafford Court House until April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1–5. Gettysburg campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1–3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5–24 Battle of Hagerstown, Md., July 11–13. Ordered to Department of the South and sailed for Folly Island, S.C., August 1. Siege operations against Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S.C., August 9-September 7. Picket and fatigue duty on Folly Island, S.C., and operating against Charleston, S.C., until February 1864. 1864 Expedition to Johns and James Islands February 6–14. Moved to Jacksonville, Fla., February 23. Duty there and in the District of Florida until December. Skirmishing near Jacksonville May 1 and 28. Expedition from Jacksonville to Camp Milton May 31-June 3. Battle of Bloody Bridge July 5–7 At Fernandina, Fla., July–August. Return to Jacksonville and duty there until December. Moved to South Carolina December 5. Battle of Deveaux Neck Dec 6-9 Pocotaligo Bridge December 29. 1865 Expedition to destroy Charleston & Savannah Railroad January 14–16, 1865. Battle of Enterprise February 5. Occupation of Charleston March 10. Potter's Expedition to Camden, S.C., April 5–25. Operations about Sumter and Statesburg April 9–15. Battle of Dingle's Mill, April 9, 1865 Statesburg April 15. Occupation of Camden April 17. Boykin's Mills April 18. Denkin's Mills, Beech Creek, near Statesburg, and Battle of Swift Creek April 19. Provost duty at Georgetown and at Charleston until July. Casualties The regiment lost a total of 133 men during service; 3 officers and 54 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 74 enlisted men died of disease. Commanders Colonel Seraphim Meyer Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mueller - commanded at the battle of Chancellorsville Captain John M. Lutz - commanded at the battle of Gettysburg Notable members Private Henry S. Finkenbiner,Sightline Media Group 2020VCOnline 2020CMOHS 2014The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation 2020Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs 1968 89 Company D - Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Battle of Dingle's Mill, April 9, 1865 Monuments and Memorials The regiment has a monument north of Gettysburg on Barlow's Knoll. Their service is also documented in the 2022 book A Thousand May Fall: An Immigrant Regiment's Civil War by Brian Matthew Jordan. See also List of Ohio Civil War units Ohio in the Civil War References Citations 30em Sources 40em yes Dyer Frederick H A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Dyer Pub. Co. Des Moines, IA 1908 B01BUFJ76Q https://archive.org/details/08697590.3359.emory.edu Ohio Roster Commission 87th–108th Regiments-Infantry The Ohio Valley Press Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865 VII 1888 Cincinnati, OH 814 2027/uiug.30112047586034?urlappend=%3Bseq=645 633556 Reid Whitelaw Whitelaw Reid The History of Her Regiments, and Other Military Organizations Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers II 1868 Cincinnati, OH 1002 https://archive.org/details/00444862.3383.emory.edu/page/n9/mode/2up 11632330 Smith, Jacob. Camps and Campaigns of the 107th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry (S.l.: s.n.), 1910. [reprinted in 2000] Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare Edward M Kennedy, Chairman Medal of Honor, 1863-1968 : "In the Name of the Congress of the United States" U.S. Government Printing Office Committee print (United States. Congress), 90th Congress, 2nd session 1968 Washington DC 1087 https://archive.org/details/medalofhonor186300unit/page/89/mode/2up 1049691780 U.S. War Department The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, DC 1880 857196196 https://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html Sightline Media Group 2020 Henry S Finkenbiner - Recipient - The Hall of Valor Project https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/1321 19 May 2020 Sightline Media Group 2020 VCOnline 2020 Henry S Finkenbiner THE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE VICTORIA & GEORGE CROSS http://www.vconline.org.uk/henry-s-finkenbiner/4592059418 2 May 2020 VCOnline 2020 CMOHS FINKENBINER, HENRY S. Congressional Medal of Honor Society 2014 http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/439/finkenbiner-henry-s.php 19 August 2014 CMOHS 2014 The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation Finkenbiner, Henry S - The National Medal of Honor Museum The National Medal of Honor Museum The National Medal of Honor Museum 2020 https://mohmuseum.org/medal_of_honor/finkenbiner-henry-s/ 19 May 2020 The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation 2020 External links Ohio in the Civil War: 107th Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Larry Stevens National flag of the 107th Ohio Infantry Guidon of the 107th Ohio Infantry 107th Ohio Infantry monument at Gettysburg American Civil War Ohio CTCBS Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Ohio Category:1862 establishments in Ohio