189th Ohio Infantry Regiment

189th Ohio Infantry Regiment March 5, 1865, to September 28, 1865 United States Union Infantry The 189th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 189th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 189th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 189th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, and mustered in for one year service on March 4, 1865, under the command of Colonel Henry Denison Kingsbury. The regiment left Ohio for Huntsville, Alabama, March 7. It was attached to District of North Alabama, Department of the Tennessee, to September 1865. Arrived at Huntsville, March 17, 1865. Assigned to duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad guarding bridges and building stockades until June. The regiment concentrated June 20 and was assigned to post duty at Huntsville until September 25. The 189th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service September 28, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee. Casualties The regiment lost a total of 49 enlisted men during service; 1 man killed, 48 due to disease. Commanders Colonel Henry Denison Kingsbury Notable members Captain Andrew J. Applegate, Company H - first lieutenant governor of Alabama, 1868–1870 See also American Civil War Ohio List of Ohio Civil War units Ohio in the Civil War References 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. 444862 Attribution External links Ohio in the Civil War: 189th Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Larry Stevens National flag of the 189th Ohio Infantry Regimental flag of the 189th Ohio Infantry Category:Military units and formations established in 1865 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Ohio Category:1865 establishments in Ohio