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History Of The 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
THE FORTY-SECOND OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

    As varied and important service as was rendered by any regiment in the field was
the part of the Forty-Second Ohio Infantry, "Garfield's regiment," in the movements
of the war of the Rebellion. It entered the field in Kentucky, December, 1861, it
fought in Tennessee, it participated in the expedition up the Kanawha into West
Virginia, it served under General Sherman (in the Ninth Division, Thirteenth Army
Corps), and later under General Grant in that long series of movements by which at
last Vicksburg and the control of the Mississippi was wrested from the Confederate
government, then it served under General Lawler in the campaign of Western
Louisiana, and it also saw service in Mississippi. Companies A, B, C and D were
discharged at Camp Chase September 30, 1864; Companies E and F were mustered out
November 25th, and four remaining companies December 2, 1864. The regiment bears
upon its banner eleven battles, in which it lost 21 killed, and 343 wounded and
disabled. Companies C, F and H were mainly raised in Ashland county, volunteers from
the county enlisting also in other companies of the regiment. The lamented James A.
Garfield was first colonel of the regiment; on his appointment as brigadier general.
Lt.-Col. Lionel A. Sheldon was promoted colonel, and he commanded the regiment until
it was mustered out. Among the battles of the regiment were; Cumberland Gap,
Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Magnolia Church, Champion Hills, Big Black River
Bridge.


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1669 Two Hundred Years. 1865

THE MILITARY HISTORY OF OHIO.
ITS BORDER ANNALS, ITS PART IN THE INDIAN WARS, IN THE WAR OF 1812, IN THE MEXICAN
WAR, AND IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, WITH A PREFIX, GIVING A COMPENDIUM OF THE
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, HISTORY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, SKETCHES
OF ITS SIGNERS, AND OF THE PRESIDENTS, WITH PORTRAITS AND AUTOGRAPHS.

ILLUSTRATED.

SPECIAL LOCAL DEPARTMENT, IN EDITIONS BY COUNTIES, GIVING A ROSTER OF OHIO'S RANK
AND FILE FROM THE COUNTY LN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, REGIMENTAL HISTORIES, WITH
HISTORIES OF ITS G. A. R. AND LADIES' AUXILIARY POSTS, and CAMPS OF SONS OF
VETERANS.

H. H. HARDESTY, PUBLISHER, NEW YORK, TOLEDO AND CHICAGO.
1886.

[COPYRIGHTED.]
ROLL OF HONOR
OF OHIO'S RANK AND FILE FROM ASHLAND COUNTY IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION





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