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6th Ohio Infantry Regiment

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The 6th Ohio Infantry Regiment was a three-month regiment and later a three-year regiment[1][note 1] in the Union Army during the American Civil War, primarily serving in the Western Theater in a series of campaigns and battles.[3][4]

6th Ohio Infantry Regiment
Active1862–1864
Country United States
AllegianceUnion
BranchVolunteer Army
TypeInfantry
Size~1,000 soldiers at outset of the war
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Nicholas Longworth Anderson
Nicholas Longworth Anderson

Organization and service

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The 6th Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized in southwestern Ohio in the spring of 1861, formed around a nucleus independent militia unit known as the Guthrie Greys.[5] It was mustered into Federal service on May 12. Most of its recruits were from Hamilton County and surrounding areas. Colonel and first Commander was William K. Bosley and Nicholas Longworth Anderson of Cincinnati was its first lieutenant colonel. Anderson served as colonel of the regiment during its last two years of service. The 6th was first sent to western Virginia before mustering out when its initial three-months term of enlistment expired. Reorganized as a three-years regiment, the regiment spent the next three years in the Western Theater before being mustered out on June 23, 1864.[3]

On March 13, 1865, Anderson was brevetted to the rank of major general and brigadier general, for "gallant conduct and meritorious services in the Battle of Stone's River, Dec. 31, 1862" and for "distinguished gallantry and meritorious conduct in the Battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19 and 20, 1863".

The lineage and history of the 6th Ohio Infantry Regiment was carried on by the 147th Infantry Regiment during World War I as part of the 37th Division, and during World War II as a separate unit. The unit continued as the 1st Battalion, 147th Armor (Ohio Army National Guard) until that unit's reorganization in 2007.

Affiliations, battle honors, detailed service, and casualties

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Organizational affiliation

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Attached to:[3]

  • 1st Brigade, Army of Occupation, West Virginia, to September 1861
  • 1st Brigade, Reynolds' Command, West Virginia, to November 1861
  • 10th Brigade, Army of the Ohio (AoO), to December 1861.
  • 10th Brigade, 4th Division, AoO, to September 1862.
  • 10th Brigade, 4th Division, II Corps, AoO, to November 1862.
  • 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Left Wing, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland (AoC), to January 1863.
  • 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, XXI Corps, AoC, to October 1863.
  • 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, IV Corps, AoC, to June 1864.

List of battles

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Detailed service

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1861[7]

1862[7]

1863[7]

1864[7]

  • Operations in East Tennessee till April, 1864
  • About Dandridge, TN January 16–17
  • Garrison at Cleveland, TN, April 12-May 17, and at Resaca, GA, guarding railroad bridge over the Oostanaula River, till June 6
  • Ordered to the rear for muster out June 6
  • Mustered out at Camp Dennison, OH, June 23, 1864, expiration of term.

Casualties

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The regiment lost a total of 144 men during service; 4 officers and 82 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 56 enlisted men died of disease.[7]

Armament

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From the outset, the three-month incarnation of the 6th Ohio, coming from various militia companies, was armed with Model 1842 Muskets and percussion converted Model 1822 Muskets with an indeterminate number rifled after initial manufacture by Miles Greenwood in Cincinnati.[8][9] In January 1862, the regiment improved its armament by exchanging older, mixed-caliber weapons for more reliable imported .58 caliber "Belgian" or Saxon Model 1851 rifle-muskets,[note 2] and Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle-muskets ensuring consistent ammunition.[9][10][8] The flank companies, A and B, received 200 Enfields.[9] During the re-equipping in preparation for the Tullahoma campaign, the line companies turned in their Model 1851s received Springfield Model 1861s.[9]

Survey for Fourth Quarter, 31 December 1862[11]

  • A — Number unreported, British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • B — Number unreported, British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • C — 23 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • D — 56 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • E — 4 Model 1861 Springfield rifles, (.58 Cal.); 39 Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.); 19 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • F — Number unreported, Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.)
  • G — 59 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • H — 46 Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.)
  • I — 7 Model 1861 Springfield rifles, (.58 Cal.); 14 Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.); 17 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • K — 8 Model 1861 Springfield rifles, (.58 Cal.); 39 Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.)
  • Command stores — 1 Model 1861 Springfield rifles, (.58 Cal.); 65 Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.); 14 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)

Survey for Fourth Quarter, 31 December 1863[12]

  • A — 4 Model 1861 Springfield rifles, (.58 Cal.); 15 Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.); 19 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • B — 29 Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.); 29 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • C — 11 Model 1861 Springfield rifles, (.58 Cal.); 18 Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.); 21 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • D — 15 Model 1861 Springfield rifles, (.58 Cal.); 18 Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.); 33 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • E — 8 Model 1861 Springfield rifles, (.58 Cal.); 21 Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.); 29 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • F — 10 Model 1861 Springfield rifles, (.58 Cal.); 23 Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.); 33 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • G — 4 Model 1861 Springfield rifles, (.58 Cal.); 43 Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.); 48 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • H — 5 Model 1861 Springfield rifles, (.58 Cal.); 5 Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.); 19 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • I — 6 Model 1861 Springfield rifles, (.58 Cal.); 15 Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.); 33 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • K — 17 Model 1861 Springfield rifles, (.58 Cal.); 185 Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.); 29 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)
  • Command stores — 13 Model 1861 Springfield rifles, (.58 Cal.); 4 Belgian Saxon Model 1851 rifles, (.58 Cal.); 4 British Pattern 1853 rifles, (.58 and .577 Cal)

Muskets/Rifle-muskets

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References

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Footnotes

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  1. ↑ During the state of emergency caused by Maj. Gen. Kirby Smith's advance on Cincinnati in August 1862, the stae of Ohio mobilized the 6th Regiment of Volunteer Militia alongside the 8th and 11th Volunteer Militia. These three demobilized after Smith withdrew in September.[2]
  2. ↑ The Model 1851 Saxon Rifle Musket, one of many imported European arms differed from the M1857 only in a longer barrel length. Both were rated as first class arms and bought in 1861 from the armory at Dresden, the capital of the Kingdom of Saxony. Due to their manufacture in Liege for the Saxon government, contemporary Civil War period references to them as “Belgian rifles.” The 6th Ohio obtained their Belgian arms by swapping their .69 caliber smoothbore and conversion muskets to the 15th and 50th Indiana.[8]

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Sources

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