During the American Civil War, nearly 320,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army, more than any other Northern state except New York and Pennsylvania. [1] Of these, 5,092 were free blacks. Ohio had the highest percentage of population enlisted in the military of any state. Sixty percent of all the men between the ages of 18 and 45 were in the service. Ohio mustered 230 regiments of infantry and cavalry, as well as 25 light artillery batteries and 5 independent companies of sharpshooters. Total casualties among these units numbered 35,475 men, more than 10% of all the Buckeyes in uniform during the war. There were 6,835 men killed in action, including 402 officers. [2]
During the American Civil War, the State of Ohio played a key role in providing troops, military officers, and supplies to the Union army. Due to its central location in the Northern United States and burgeoning population, Ohio was both politically and logistically important to the war effort. Despite the state's boasting a number of very powerful Republican politicians, it was divided politically. Portions of Southern Ohio followed the Peace Democrats and openly opposed President Abraham Lincoln's policies. Ohio played an important part in the Underground Railroad prior to the war, and remained a haven for escaped and runaway slaves during the war years.
The 6th Ohio Infantry Regiment was a regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War, primarily serving in the Western Theater in a series of campaigns and battles.
The XIX Army Corps / XIX AK was a Saxon corps level command of the German Army, before and during World War I.
The 63rd Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the Union forces in the Western Theater of operations.
The 60th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 126th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 126th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The I Army Corps / I AK was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th Century to World War I.
The 16th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 58th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 62nd Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 67th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The XVI Army Corps / XVI AK was a corps level command of the German Army before and during World War I.
The following Union Army and Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Carnifex Ferry of the American Civil War on September 10, 1861, in Nicholas County, Virginia.
The XXI Army Corps / XXI AK was a corps level command of the German Army, before and during World War I.
The IX Army Corps / IX AK was a corps level command of the Prussian and German Armies before and during World War I.
The VII Army Corps / VII AK was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th Century to World War I.
The VI Army Corps / VI AK was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th Century to World War I.
The VIII Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. Emperor Napoleon I formed it in 1805 by borrowing divisions from other corps and assigned it to Marshal Édouard Mortier. Marshal André Masséna's Army of Italy was also reorganized as the VIII Corps at the end of the 1805 campaign. The corps was reformed for the 1806 campaign under Mortier and spent the rest of the year mopping up Prussian garrisons in western Germany.
Charles Stacey was a United States Army soldier who received a Medal of Honor for the heroism he displayed when fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. he died in Ohio in 1924