OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - SOLDIER in Civil War: LINDSEY Surname
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For: LRLBugsy@aol.com

Hi Linda,
   There were:

383 men named Lindsey in the Union Army.
51 men named william Lindsey in the Union Army.
21 ''   ''     ''      ''    ''  ''   ''   ''  who served for
OH.
3  ''   ''     ''      ''    ''  ''   ''   ''   ''   ''    '' 
''
   and were Sergeants, but none were listed in the 2nd.
regiment.
Only one (1) man named William Lindsey served OH., was in
Co."I",
and was in the 2nd,OVI. Regiment, but he was a Corporal.

(My note. See Soldier History below for your Sergeant!!)

                       Soldier History      

William Lindsey--Residence not listed; 30 years old. Enlisted
on 8/15/61 as a Corporal. On 8/15/61 he mustered into "I" Co.
OH 2nd Infantry He was Transferred on 10/10/64. 
On 10/10/64 he transferred into "E" Co. OH 18th Veterans
Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) Promotions:
* Sergt 
Sources: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio 

The General Assembly; The Roster Commission. Official Roster of
the Soldiers of the State of Ohio. 11 vols. 
Cincinnati: Wilstach, Baldwin, 1886.


There were three different 2nd. OVI.Regiments.
2nd OVI. 3 mos.
 ''  ''  '' '' militia.
 ''  ''  '' Yrs.    (Obviously your Sergeant was in the 3Yr.Reg.)


                       Regiment History      
                      OHIO SECOND INFANTRY 
                         (Three Years) 

Second Infantry. - (Three Years' Service.) Cols., Leonard A.
Harris, Anson G. McCook; , Lieut.Cols., John Kell, Obediah C.
Maxwell; Maj. William T. Beatty.This regiment was organized at
Camp Dennison, from July 17 to Sept. 20, 1861, to serve for
three years. It immediately crossed the Ohio river and moved
by the way of Paris and Mount Ster- ling, to Olympian Springs
in eastern Kentucky. On Oct. 22, it made a forced night march
of nearly 30 miles,surprised and totally defeated 
a band of Confederates under Jack May at West
Liberty,inflicting some loss to the enemy in killed and
wounded and coming off scathless. The enemy was pursued to
Piketon and with the balance of the force the regiment marched
down the Big Sandy to Louisa, thence to Louisville 
by water. When in March the main body of Gen. Buell's army
marched to the assistance of Gen. Grant at Shiloh, the
regiment was engaged in several small affairs with the enemy
on the line of the Memphis Charleston railroad, the most
considerable of which,at Widow's creek, near Bridgeport,
resulted in the dispersion of a force placed to dispute the
passage of the creek, and the capture of their camp equipage.
The regiment was also with the column that first occupied
Bridgeport and destroyed the railroad bridge at that point
across the Tennessee river. In the reorganization of the army
at Louisville, the regiment was assigned to Rousseau's
division in Gen. McCook's left wing, and with two divisions of
that command participated in the well contested battle of
Perryville, losing in the action nearly forty percent of all
engaged. In the battle of Stone's river it was closely engaged
and suffered serious loss. In this action the regiment, with
the assistance of Guenther's Battery H, 4th artillery,
captured the colors of the 32nd Arkansas. Chickamauga was the
next battle-ground and in this hotly contested engagement the
regiment lost 183 offi- cers and men, killed,wounded and
missing. After falling back into the entrenchments at
Chattanooga, it remained there until Nov. 24, when the brigade
to which it was attached was sent to the assistance of Gen.
Hooker on Lookout mountain, in his celebrated battle above the
clouds. In the battle of Missionary ridge, which occurred on
the succeeding day, the regiment made its way to the crest
with slight loss, and captured the colors of the 38th Alabama.
It then pursued the enemy to Ringgold, Ga., at which place a
halt was made. In the reconnaissance to Buzzard Roost, in
Feb., 1864, the 2nd was in the advance and developed the
strength of the enemy's position before Dalton. In the
following May it formed a portion of Sherman's force for the
Atlanta campaign, and at Resaca suffered heavily in an at-
tempt to carry by assault the enemy's entrenched position. It
then moved with the division through Georgia to the
Chattahoochee river 
and took part in the battle of Peachtree creek its last
engagement. The original members (except veterans) were
mustered out on Oct. 10, 1864, by reason of expiration of term
of service, and the veterans 
and recruits were transferred to the 18th Ohio veteran
infantry on Oct. 31 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.

Bye now---Bob in Ravenna,OH.  ( 18th Vet.INF..to follow.)


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