FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO - MILITARY: 174th OVI, Company K, Civil War
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Civil War
information on the following unit:
Company 'K' 174th Ohio

My Grandfather:
Source:
Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio

Robert Ollom  Residence not listed; 18 years old.
Enlisted on 8/16/64 as a Private
On 8/18/64 he mustered into"F" Co.OH 174th Infantry 
He was Mustered Out on 6/28/65

Source:
Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio

Nathan S. Hendershot  Residence not listed; 40 years old.
Enlisted on 8/13/64 as a Private.
On 8/18/64 he mustered into "K" Co. 
He was Mustered Out on 6/28/65

Regiment Casualty Analysis:

Organized:  on 9/1/64
Mustered Out: 6/28/65

Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 1
Officers Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 1
Enlisted Men Killed or Mortally Wounded: 21
Enlisted Men Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 94

HISTORY OF OHIO ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY-FOURTH INFANTRY 
(One Year)
 
One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Infantry. - Col., John S. Jones;
Lieut.-Col., A. James Sterling; Majs., Benjamin C. G. Reed, William G.
Beatty. This regiment was organized at Camp Chase from Aug. 18 to
Sept. 21, 1864 to serve for one year. It was ordered to Nashville,
Tenn. and to report to Gen. W. T. Sherman. It reached Nashville on
Sept. 26 and was immediately ordered to proceed to Murfreesboro, where
it remained until Oct. 27, when it was ordered to report to the
commanding officer at Decatur, Ala. It was then moved to the mouth of
Elk river, leaving on the way four companies as a garrison for Athens,
Ala. The regiment soon returned to Decatur, where it remained until
Nov. 26, when the town was evacuated. It then returned to
Murfreesboro, where it remained during the siege and participated in
the battle of Overall's creek. On Dec. 7 it was engaged in the battle
of "The Cedars," and on Jan. 17 moved down the Tennessee and up the
Ohio river to Cincinnati. It was then ordered to Washington, D. C.,
which place it reached on Jan. 29, 1865. It remained in camp at
Washington until Feb. 21, when it started for North Carolina, reaching
Fort Fisher on the 23d. It marched to Morehead City on the 24th and to
New Berne on the 25th. It took part in the battle of Wise's Forks,
near Kinston, N. C. Under the order mustering out volunteers whose
term of service expired previous to Oct. 1, the regiment was mustered
out on June 28, 1865. 
Source: The Union Army, vol. 2

Bye now---Bob


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