I am looking for any information on my ancestor Henry. He is my 3rd Great-Grandfather. I have mixed information regarding him. It looks as though he served in the 93rd OVI Co. H, but his headstone indicates he served in the
View attachment 29486 View attachment 29487 View attachment 29488 View attachment 29489 View attachment 29490 View attachment 29491 20th OVI Co. C. I know it isn't uncommon to find out our ancestors served in different regiments at different periods of the war. However, through bits and pieces of information I have gathered it sounds like he deserted his first time around and re-joined in a different regiment. I don't know if he did this for money, or if he was scared or what the deal is. I don't know if they got extra money when they signed up, aside from their monthly pay. It is what it is, but would the Government pay for the headstone of a deserter? I'm asking because I don't know these things and they did pay for Henry's. I have at least three Civil War ancestors and none of them left photo's that I know of, so that would also be a treasure. Maybe I just don't know what I'm doing. lol Anyways, any help would be appreciated. Thank You.
Welcome from east Tennessee. It appears the 1st organization of the 20th regiment was for three months. He mustered out of the 20th, then joined the 93rd a year later.
Henry Davinney
Residence was not listed; 24 years old.
Enlisted on 4/17/1861 as a Private.
On 4/27/1861 he mustered into "C" Co.
OH 20th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 8/18/1861 at Columbus, OH
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Henry Devinney
Residence was not listed; 25 years old.
Enlisted on 8/1/1862 as a Private.
On 8/20/1862 he mustered into "H" Co.
OH 93rd Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
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OHIO
TWENTIETH INFANTRY
(Three Months)
Twentieth Infantry. - (Three Months' Service.) Col., Tho-
mas Morton; Lieut.-Col., John W. Cruikshank; Maj., Charles N.
Lamison. The companies composing this organization were en-
rolled as follows: A and F, April 20, at Lima; B, April 19, at
Oxford; C and D, April 22, at Eaton; E, April 17, at St.
Mary's; G, April 25, at Chesterville; H, April 27, at Sidney;
I, April 22, at Steubenville, and K, April 25, at Columbus.
Cos. A, B, C, D, I and K were ordered to Camp Jackson, Colum-
bus, and E F, G and H to Camp Goddard, Zanesville. The quota
being full under the president's first call for 75,000 troops,
the muster and regimental organization was delayed for several
weeks, until the companies were mustered into state service.
After being mustered in the six companies at Camp Jackson
joined the remainder of the regiment at Zanesville and there
the regimental organization was formed and the equipment and
drilling for the field actively engaged in until early in June,
when it was ordered to move to Virginia. Arriving at Bellaire,
it crossed the Ohio river to Benwood, and was distributed along
the line of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad as far as Grafton,
with headquarters at Fairmount. The regiment performed a large
amount of marching and guard duty, and rendered valuable serv-
ice to the government in assisting to stay the progress of the
Confederates, who were endeavoring to carry the war into the
North. Its entire service was in this direction, with the ex-
ception of one expedition made to counteract the retreat of the
Confederates from Carrick's ford. It would have been success-
ful in this expedition if the news had not been carried to the
enemy of its approach. The regiment then being on top of
Knobby mountain, the Confederates at once broke camp and moved
towards Petersburg. Its term of enlistment about to expire,
the regiment moved back on the railroad for a few days and was
then ordered home to be mustered out, which was done on Aug.
18, 1861. The casualties during its brief period of service
were 2 killed in a railroad accident, 1 died from accidental
gunshot wound, and 7 died of disease.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 2
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OHIO
NINETY-THIRD INFANTRY
(Three Years)
Ninety-third Infantry. - Cols., Charles Anderson, Hiram
Strong; Lieut.-Cols., William H. Martin, Daniel Bowman; Majs.,
Alfred A. Phillips, William Birch, Robert Joyce. This regiment
was organized at Dayton, Aug. 20, 1862, to serve for three
years. It left the rendezvous for Lexington, Ky., numbering 39
officers and 929 men, and moved with the army to Nashville. In
December, while on duty guarding a forage train, it was attack-
ed by the Confederates, and in this, its first engagement, it
lost 1 man killed and 3 wounded. At the battle of Stone's
river it suffered severely. Its next engagement was at Chicka-
mauga, where during the first day,s fight it charged a Confed-
erate battery, killed all the horses, and captured the guns and
the men. In the first day's engagement the regiment lost 124
officers and men killed, wounded and prisoners. It was in the
charge on Orchard knob in November and suffered severely. The
time occupied in making the charge was not more than 5 or 6
minutes, but in that time the regiment lost 11 killed and 49
wounded, 6 men being shot down while carrying the regimental
colors. The regiment was in the assault on Missionary ridge
and sustained a loss of 8 killed and 20 wounded. It then
started for East Tennessee and participated in the severe win-
ter campaign of 1863-64. At a skirmish near Dandridge it lost
1 killed, 4 wounded and 3 captured. In May it broke camp and
started on the Atlanta campaign with an aggregate of 300 men.
It marched to Rossville and thence to Buzzard Roost, where a
feint was made on the Confederate works, in which the regiment
lost 4 men wounded. The loss of the regiment in the battle of
Resaca was 4 killed and 21 wounded. In the fight at Dallas it
was in the front line, losing 48 killed and wounded. In the
operations around Kennesaw mountain it lost 3 killed and 44
wounded. It was present all through the siege of Atlanta ; was
in reserve at Jonesboro, and was in the front line at Lovejoy's
Station. It then followed Hood into Tennessee , lay in reserve
during the fight at Franklin, went into the fight at Nashville
with go men and lost 4 killed and 21 wounded. It performed
guard duty in various sections during the following winter and
those of its members whose term of service would have expired
previous to Oct. 1, were mustered out on June 8, 1865, the re-
maining members being transferred to the 41st Ohio infantry.
Prior to the muster out of the regiment 8 officers and 241 men
were discharged for disability; 4 officers and 204 men were ac-
counted for as "died of disease, wounds and killed in action,"
252 men were wounded once, 30 twice, and 8 three times.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 2
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20th OVI Co. C. I know it isn't uncommon to find out our ancestors served in different regiments at different periods of the war. However, through bits and pieces of information I have gathered it sounds like he deserted his first time around and re-joined in a different regiment. I don't know if he did this for money, or if he was scared or what the deal is. I don't know if they got extra money when they signed up, aside from their monthly pay. It is what it is, but would the Government pay for the headstone of a deserter? I'm asking because I don't know these things and they did pay for Henry's. I have at least three Civil War ancestors and none of them left photo's that I know of, so that would also be a treasure. Maybe I just don't know what I'm doing. lol Anyways, any help would be appreciated. Thank You.
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