1st Ohio Infantry / Buell

[WeeCarrington]

Hello!

I am hoping someone here might be able to help me to better understand the 1st Ohio Infantry's movements during the battle. As I understand they were under Buell and began fighting around 10am on the morning of April 7th. I've seen a Harper's Weekly engraving from the time of the 1st Ohio recapturing artillery.

Also, and this may sound very ignorant, but would companies stay together? For instance if there were Companies A, B, C, D, ect. would they all go into battle together or would companies be split? As in C and D would stay in behind while A and B went to fight?

I really appreciate any insight anyone might be able to provide.

Many thanks!

 

[JOHN42768]

Welcome, enjoy. Someone will chime in

 

[Jimklag]

Hello!

I am hoping someone here might be able to help me to better understand the 1st Ohio Infantry's movements during the battle. As I understand they were under Buell and began fighting around 10am on the morning of April 7th. I've seen a Harper's Weekly engraving from the time of the 1st Ohio recapturing artillery.

Also, and this may sound very ignorant, but would companies stay together? For instance if there were Companies A, B, C, D, ect. would they all go into battle together or would companies be split? As in C and D would stay in behind while A and B went to fight?

I really appreciate any insight anyone might be able to provide.

Many thanks!

Welcome aboard, @WeeCarrington . Glad to have you in our forum.

 

[captaindrew]

Welcome from South Florida. I'm not a Shiloh expert so I can't give an educated answer for your first question but as far as your second question both could be correct. Regiments generally stayed together depending on strength but different companies would have different jobs to do such as one company may be sent ahead as skirmishers, one may be left behind to guard something, one company may be assigned picket duty. Depends on the scale of the action also where the whole regiment may be assigned these duties if being deployed as part of a brigade or division. And strength, as the war went on some whole regiments were barely company strength.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Hello WeeCarrington.

Welcome to CivilWarTalk.

Also, and this may sound very ignorant,

No it doesn't.

You've asked a great/valid question !

Don't be surprised if you receive some information overload answers.

We have a lot of experts on these forums !

 

[Perry Cuskey]

Hello!

I am hoping someone here might be able to help me to better understand the 1st Ohio Infantry's movements during the battle. As I understand they were under Buell and began fighting around 10am on the morning of April 7th. I've seen a Harper's Weekly engraving from the time of the 1st Ohio recapturing artillery.

Also, and this may sound very ignorant, but would companies stay together? For instance if there were Companies A, B, C, D, ect. would they all go into battle together or would companies be split? As in C and D would stay in behind while A and B went to fight?

I really appreciate any insight anyone might be able to provide.

Many thanks!

Hi Wee,

The 1st Ohio was part of Lovell Rousseau's Brigade of Alexander McCook's Division, in Buell's Army of the Ohio at Shiloh. They arrived on the field early on the morning of the 7th, formed in line of battle about 8:00, and stepped off around 9 a.m with the rest of their brigade, basically advancing across the center of the battlefield roughly from east to west and helping force back the Confederates until they finally retreated from the field that afternoon.

Here's a couple of links for you, and a map with some crude drawings I slapped together that might help visualize this. First is a link to a page from Shiloh's Monument Location System showing the position markers and the monument for the 1st Ohio. Click on the link that says "Click" to see a picture of each marker as well as the monument. After you click that link, clicking on "View Picture Here" on the next page you'll see will show you a close-up of the marker/monument, along with the text that goes with it...

http://shilohbattlefield.org/results.asp?varCWUNIT=UOH0001RI01&Submit=Submit

And here's that little map I put together. It shows you where in the park the markers and the monument are located, and gives the direction of the regiment's advance. Pittsburg Landing, where they arrived before going into battle, is in the upper-right, just below where the visitor center is located....

Finally, here's a link to a book called "Ohio at Shiloh," opened to the page for the 1st Ohio. It's pretty basic, but does give an overview of the regiment's activities prior to the battle, along with a sketch of their fighting on the 7th. There's also a picture of the monument on page 59, listed for some reason next to the entry for the 6th Ohio. (The picture probably dates to 1902 or 1903, around the time the Ohio monuments were dedicated in the park....

https://archive.org/stream/ohioatshilohrepo00lcohio#page/56/mode/2up

Hope this helps some.

Perry

 

[mterry]

was the 2nd Ohio at Shiloh as well? Or just the 1st?

 

[WJC]

was the 2nd Ohio at Shiloh as well? Or just the 1st?

There were a number of Ohio units in the battle, but not the Second Ohio Infantry. It was a Three Month Service unit, organized April 18, 1861 from former militia units and mustered out July 31, 1861. Its only battle was First Bull Run.

 

[mterry]

that's interesting. I couldn't find this person on my tree... perhaps it's a line I haven't been able to fill.. but ancestry.com said we are of relation by way of that DNA circle algorithm they use.. but his name is Levi Anderson, was in 2nd Ohio. It says he was captured in 1863, sent to Andersonville and is buried there.

maybe he got put into another regiment?

 

[treebie2000]

that's interesting. I couldn't find this person on my tree... perhaps it's a line I haven't been able to fill.. but ancestry.com said we are of relation by way of that DNA circle algorithm they use.. but his name is Levi Anderson, was in 2nd Ohio. It says he was captured in 1863, sent to Andersonville and is buried there.

maybe he got put into another regiment?

"From Dyer's Compendium
2nd Regiment Infantry (3 Months). Organized at Columbus, Ohio, and mustered in April 18, 1861. Ordered to Washington, D.C., April 19, and duty in the defences of that city till July. Attached to Schenck's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, June-July. Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21. Occupation of Fairfax Court House July 17. Battle of Bull Run July 21. Mustered out July 31, 1861.

2nd Regiment Infantry (3 Years). Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, July 17 to September 20, 1861. Left State for Kentucky September 4. Operations in vicinity of Olympian Springs, Ky., till November. Action at West Liberty October 23. Olympian Springs November 4. Ivy Mountain November 8. Piketown November 8-9. Moved to Louisville, Ky., thence to Bacon Creek, Ky., and duty there till February, 1862. Attached to 9th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, October to December, 1861. 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Centre 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1864. Headquarters 14th Army Corps to August, 1864.
SERVICE.--Advance on Bowling Green, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn., February 10-25, 1862. Occupation of Nashville, Tenn., February 25 to March 17. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 17-19. Advance on Huntsville, Ala., April 4-11. Pittenger's (Andrews) Raid on Georgia State Railroad April 7-12 (Detachment). Capture of Huntsville, Ala., April 11. Action at West Bridge and occupation of Bridgeport, Ala., April 29. Near Pulaski May 1. Duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad till August. Actions at Battle Creek June 21 and July 20. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Crab Orchard, Ky.. October 1-15. Battle of Perryville October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7 and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 24. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-20. Rossville Gap September 21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24- November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23. Lookout Mountain November 24. Mission Ridge November 24-25. Pea Vine Valley November 26. Graysville, Ga., November 26. Ringgold, Ga.. November 27. Reconnoissance of Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Face Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to August 1, 1864. Demonstration on Rocky Face Ridge May 8-11. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas. New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27. Kingston June 1. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Buckhead, Nancy's Creek. July 18. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 1. Ordered to Chattanooga. Tenn., August 1. Mustered out October 10, 1864, expiration of term. Recruits transferred to 18th Ohio Infantry. Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 96 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 138 Enlisted men by disease. Total 243. "

"Original Companies
A-Rover Guards (Cincinnati); B-Columbus Videttes;
C-Columbus Fencibles; D-Zouave Guards (Cincinnati);
E-Lafayette Guards (Cincinnati); F-Springfield Zouaves;
G-Pickaway Company; H-Steubenville Company;
I-Covington Blues (Miami County); K-Pickaway Company
From: The Military History of Ohio. By H.H. Hardesty"

A lot of the 100 day men went back home at the end of their initial enlistment, and joined another Regiment that was being organized.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Hello!

I am hoping someone here might be able to help me to better understand the 1st Ohio Infantry's movements during the battle. As I understand they were under Buell and began fighting around 10am on the morning of April 7th. I've seen a Harper's Weekly engraving from the time of the 1st Ohio recapturing artillery.

Also, and this may sound very ignorant, but would companies stay together? For instance if there were Companies A, B, C, D, ect. would they all go into battle together or would companies be split? As in C and D would stay in behind while A and B went to fight?

I really appreciate any insight anyone might be able to provide.

Many thanks!

Welcome !