128th Ohio Infantry Regiment

128th Ohio Infantry Regiment January 1862 to July 17, 1865 United States Union Infantry Ohio U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 127th Ohio Infantry Regiment 129th Ohio Infantry Regiment The 128th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 128th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 128th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 128th Ohio Infantry was organized in Columbus and Johnson's Island, Ohio and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Charles W. Hill. Companies A through E were organized January through September 1862; Companies E through K were organized December 1863 through January 1864. The regiment moved from Columbus to Sandusky, Ohio, January 1864. It performed guard duty at Sandusky and at Johnson's Island, Sandusky Bay, until July 1865. Portions of the regiment served on detached duty in West Virginia. The regiment moved to Camp Chase July 10, and mustered out of service on July 17, 1865. Casualties The regiment lost a total of 64 men during service; 1 officer and 63 enlisted men died of disease. Commanders Colonel Charles W. Hill Lieutenant Colonel Thomas H. Linnell See also American Civil War Ohio List of Ohio Civil War units Ohio in the Civil War References 40em Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. 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. Attribution External links Ohio in the Civil War: 128th Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Larry Stevens National flag of the 128th Ohio Infantry Regimental flag of the 128th Ohio Infantry https://archive.today/20130415043246/http://www.johnsonsisland.org/history/war_guards.htm History of the Johnson's Island garrison el Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Ohio Category:1862 establishments in Ohio