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Article Covers - Places
- Ohio, United States
- Year range
- 1862 - 1865
Brief Facts
- Mustered in September 18, 1862.
- Mustered out June 23, 1865.
- Regiment included many skilled mechanics and artisans.
History
(From Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System [1])
- Organized at Camp Massillon, Ohio, and mustered in September 18, 1862.
- Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, September 27.
- Assigned to duty by detachments as Provost Guard and guarding Forts, Arsenals, Store Houses and Magazines at Camps Chase, Dennison, Ohio, Maysville, Covington and Newport, Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio, till October, 1863.
- Ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn., October 23, 1863.
- Thence to Murfreesboro, Tenn. Attached to Post of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1864.
- 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864.
- Unassigned, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to July, 1864.
- 1st Brigade, Defences of Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865.
- 1st Brigade, 1st Sub-District, District of Middle Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.
(From Civil War Reflections [2]
- Some companies of the 115th Ohio included men who had enlisted in the 104th Ohio, but the 104th had too many men. Both regiments were organized at the same time at Camp Massillon, and the extra companies of the 104th were enrolled into the 115th.
- The 115th was first briefly sent to guard a camp of Confederate prisoners at Columbus, Ohio.
- Moved to Cincinatti, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky for provost duty (September 27).
- Scouting parties to the interior of Kentucky, between Lexington and Covington.
- Some companies sent to Parkersburg, West Virginia to intercept a band who had destroyed miles of railroad track in June 1863.
- One squad mounted and sent to Boone County, Kentucky, to capture Confederate recruiters. Headquartered at the county courthouse in Burlington for one month in July or August 1863.
- On arrival at Murfreesboro, the regiment built quarters for the winter out of cedar logs in October 1863.
- A unit of thirty men (Company G) was captured at a blockhouse 9 miles from Nashville on 4 Dec 1863.
Service (Troop Movement):
- Duty at Murfreesboro, Tenn., and along line of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, in Block Houses and at Bridges till June, 1865. Regiment was specially selected for this arduous duty because of the great number of skilled mechanics and artisans in its ranks.
- Skirmishes at Cripple Creek, Woodbury Pike, May 25, 1864 (Detachment).
- Smyrna August 31, 1864.
- Block House No. 4 August 31, 1864.
- Company "B" captured by Wheeler. Block House No. 5 (Co. "B").
- Block House No. 2, on Mill Creek, Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, December 2-3.
- Block House No. 1 December 3 (Detachment).
- Block House No. 3 December 3 (Detachment).
- Block House No. 4 December 4 (Detachment).
- Block House No. 7 December 4 (Detachment).
- Siege of Murfreesboro December 5-12.
- "The Cedars" December 5-7.
- Lavergne December 8.
- Duty along Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad from Nashville to Tullahoma, Tenn., till June, 1865.
- Mustered out June 23, 1865.
Casualties:
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 8 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 138 Enlisted men by disease. Total 151.
Resources
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. Contains Regimental histories, searchable rosters, etc. [3]
- Book: Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, Ia: The Dyer Pub. Co, 1908. Print.Contains Regimental histories and rosters. [4]
- Hogue, Harvey S. Civil War Reflections. This member of Company G, 115th Ohio Infantry, left a brief first-person account of his service. Provides greater detail regarding the troop's movements, and a description of his capture and escape.[5]
- Ohio Civil War dot com. Includes statewide bibliography, list of references for each unit, regimental histories (some of which provide greater detail than the Soldiers and Sailors System), photos, first person accounts, etc. [6]
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