Civil War Regiments from Ohio, 1861-1865 (Paperback)

In 1860, the state of Ohio had a total population of over 2.3 million people, of which 679,000 were of military age. For the war, the Buckeye state raised 198 infantry regiments, 13 cavalry regiments, 3 cavalry battalions, 1 light artillery regiment, and 25 light artillery batteries. Ohio regiments fought in all theaters and distinguished themselves greatly. 35,475 Ohioans died during the war, of which 11,588 were killed or mortally wounded in combat. 24 Ohio Infantry regiments are listed in William F. Fox's "300 Fighting Regiments" found in Regimental Losses of the American Civil War. The only fighting during the war on Ohio soil occurred during John Hunt Morgan's cavalry raid in 1863. Among the generals born, raised or residing in Ohio before the war, were Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan, Don Carlos Buell, George Armstrong Custer, James A. Garfield, Alexander McD. McCook, William S. Rosecrans, Godfrey Weitzel, Jacob D. Cox, George B. McClellan, and several dozen others. After the war, 5 Civil War veterans from Ohio were elected president, including Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, and William McKinley.