OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - HISTORY of 117th OVI Regiment (published 1908)
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Hi Kay,
   There were several hundred men in the 117th OVI Reg. 
There could have been nearly 100 men in each company. The 
regiment was organized 9/1/1862 and mustered out 8/12/1863. 
On 8/12/1863 the regiment changed to the 1st.Oh. Heavy art-
illary Reg. ( See below.)

         Regiment History      
OHIO ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTEENTH INFANTRY 

One Hundred and Seventeenth Infantry. 
(See 1st Heavy Artillery.) 
Source: The Union Army, vol. 2 
The Union Army A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65
-- Records of the Regiments in the Union Army -- Cyclopedia of Battles -- 
Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. 8 vols. 
Madison: Federal Publishing, 1908.

                    Regiment History      
OHIO FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY (ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTEENTH INFANTRY) 
                      (Three Years) 

First Heavy Artillery. - Col., Chauncey D. Hawley; Lieut.- Col., Fordyce
M. Keith; Majs., William G. Dickson, Robert W. Caldwell, Timothy S.
Matthews, Henry L. Barnes. This regiment was mustered 
into the U.S. service as the 117th Ohio infantry at Camp Portsmouth, 
in Sept., 1862, for three years, its eight companies aggregating 796
men.The following month it was ordered to Kentucky,where it remained on
guard duty and expeditions against guerrillas until in May, 1863, when
orders were issued by the war department changing the organiza-
tion into the 1st regiment, heavy artillery, and on Aug. 12 it was so
reorganized, with twelve full companies, aggregating 1,839 officers and
men.During the process of reorganization the regiment constructed the
extensive fortifications around Covington and Newport,and through the
fall and winter of 1863-64 the regiment, in battalion detachments, was
engaged in guard duty at various points in Kentucky. On Feb. 19, 1864,
it started under orders, through heavy snow and extreme cold, over the
mountains to Knoxville, Tenn., arriving there on March 9. Until
September it was engaged in guarding the railroads through Tennessee,and
subsequently participated in Burbridge's and Stoneman's raids against
Saltville.During the winter of 1864-65 it was constant-
ly engaged in foraging and fighting guerrillas through- out East
Tennessee and North Carolina. Forming a part of the 1st brigade, 4th
division, Army of the Cumberland, it was en- gaged in guarding mountain
passes and garrisoning captured points in Virginia and North Carolina.
After the surrender of Lee and Johnston it saw service in North
Carolina, South Caro- lina, Georgia and Tennessee. On July 25, 1865, it
was mustered out of the service, at Knoxville, Tenn., in accordance with
orders from the war department. 
Source: The Union Army, vol. 2 

The Union Army A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65
-- Records of the Regiments in the Union Army -- Cyclopedia of Battles -- 
Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. 8 vols. 
Madison: Federal Publishing, 1908.
     
Were you looking for someone in particular from Co."D"???

Bob


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