OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - HISTORY of 8th OVI Regiment (published 1908)
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             Regiment History      
           OHIO EIGHTH INFANTRY 
              (Three Years) 

Eighth Infantry. - (Three Years' Service.) Cols., Herman G.
Depuy, Samuel S. Carroll; Lieut.-Cols., Charles A. Park,
Franklin Sawyer; Maj., Albert H. Winslow. Of this regiment the
Official Army Register says; "This regiment was organized at
Camp Dennison, Ohio, in June 1861, to serve three years. The
original members (except veterans) were mustered out July 13,
1864, by reason of expiration of term of service, and the vet-
erans and recruits, together with the veterans and recruits of
the 4th regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, were consolidated
and designated the 4th battalion Ohio infantry - an
organization that was formed June 26, 1864, and mustered out
of the service July 12, 1865." The following list of battles
includes all those in which the 8th Ohio infantry bore an
honorable part: First and second battles of Romney,
Winchester, Front Royal, Antietam, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, operations at
Mine Run, Wilderness, Po river, Spott- sylvania, North Anna
river, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. At the battle of Winchester
it participated in the charge on the en- emy's right flank and
the killed and wounded of the regiment amounted to over
one-fourth the number engaged. In the terri- ble battle of
Fredericksburg it formed the right wing of the forlorn hope
and in killed and wounded lost 37. In the battle of Gettysburg
it bore a conspicuous part, capturing 3 stands of colors and
losing 102 men, killed and wounded. On June 25, 1864, its term
of service having expired, the regiment was re- lieved from
duty, being then in the trenches before Petersburg with only
72 officers and men fit for duty and returned to Ohio to be
mustered out. On the route home it was frequently greeted with
tokens of respect. The regiment was formally mustered out on
July 13, 1864. 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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