103rd Ohio Infantry
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| 103rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry | |
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| Active | 1862–1865 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Volunteer Army, American Civil War |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | ~1,000 soldiers at outset of the war |
| Engagements | Atlanta Campaign |
The 103rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment from northern Ohio that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
On July 21, 1862, William B. Castle, as chairman of the District Military Committee, Cleveland, Ohio, sent a letter to Governor David Tod, enclosing a copy of a resolution recommending that the appointment of company officers for the 103rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.[1] The unit was to draw members from Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Lorain County, Ohio and Medina County, Ohio.
The 103rd Regiment Infantry was organized at Cleveland, Ohio, in August 1862. It was ordered to Kentucky on September 3, 1862, and attached to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky, Department of the Ohio. The regiment saw action in Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.
The 103rd mustered out on June 12, 1865. It lost during its term of service 2 officers and 137 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded, and 3 officers and 106 enlisted men by disease, for a total 148.
In 1866, veterans formed the 103rd O.V.I. Association. They and/or their descendants have held a reunion every year since then, the only U.S. organization of its kind. The association has a museum that houses, preserves and displays historic Civil War relics which have been inherited, collected by or donated to the descendants of the members.
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[edit] External links
- 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Civil War Museum
- 103rd Ohio Infantry, compiled by Larry Stevens
- 103rd REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
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