OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - HISTORY of 175th OVI Regiment (published 1908)
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                       Regiment History      
           OHIO ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY 
                        (One Year) 

One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Infantry. Col.,Wesley R. Adams;
Lieut.- Col., Daniel McCoy; Maj., Edward E. Mullenix. This
regiment was or- ganized at Camp Dennison in Oct., 1864, to
serve for one year. It was ordered to Columbia, Tenn., where
it performed post and garrison duty in the town, and in
guarding the Tennessee Alabama railroad. In the advance of
Hood one of the regiment's outposts south of Columbia was
captured, while the remainder of the regiment fell back to
Franklin and took part in the battle at that place on Nov. 30.
It then fell back to Nashville and took position in Fort
Negley, where it remained during the battle. On Dec. 25 it was
again ordered to Columbia, where it engaged in the usual
garrison duties and in guarding the railroad bridges. It was
mustered out on June 27, 1865, 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.

Bob


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