ClayTownBoy
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Background: In Dyer's Compendium, it is written that the 129th OVI was mustered in at Camp Taylor on August 10, 1863. Other histories of the Civil War camps in Ohio, however, state that Camp Taylor was closed down permanently in October of 1861. Dale Thomas, in The Cleveland Civil War Roundtable, even includes the 129th in his list of regiments that mustered in at Camp Cleveland, which is unanimously documented to have been in use through the end of the war.
Question: Does anyone know of any reason that I should not conclude that Dyer's Compendium is wrong (as are all who cite it on this point), and that it is accurate that the 129th OVI mustered in at Camp Cleveland in August of 1863, not Camp Taylor?
Thanks in advance for any informed replies!
Question: Does anyone know of any reason that I should not conclude that Dyer's Compendium is wrong (as are all who cite it on this point), and that it is accurate that the 129th OVI mustered in at Camp Cleveland in August of 1863, not Camp Taylor?
Thanks in advance for any informed replies!