104th Ohio Infantry

compiled by Larry Stevens

References for this Unit

• see also Bibliography of State-Wide References
• Ohio In The War-Volume II. Whitelaw Reid. Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin. Cincinnati 1868
• One Hundred and Fourth Regiment. by A.R. Martin. pgs. 71-73. History of Columbiana County. Philadelphia. 1879
• History of the 104th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry from 1862 to 1865. N.A. Pinney. Windham. Ohio. 148 pgs. Printed by Werner and Lohman. Akron. Ohio. 1886
• National Tribune. The Fierce Work at Franklin. Nelson A. Pinney. March 10, 1887
• National Tribune. Franklin. James Barr. June 2, 1887
• National Tribune. More about "Old Abe". G.M. Withers. June 2, 1887
• National Tribune. Reilly's Brigade at Franklin. Nelson A. Pinney. June 9, 1887
• Carrying the News of Lee's Surrender to the Army of the Ohio . A Paper Read Before the Ohio Commandery MOLLUS November 2, 1887. by A.J. Ricks. 15 pgs. NP. Cincinnati. 1887. Also in: The Ohio Soldier. January 28, 1888. Also in: MOLLUS. Ohio. Sketches of War History. Vol. 2 p. 234-246. Cincinnati. 1888
• Letter - September 3, 1887. Lewis F. Becker. The Ohio Soldier. Volume 1. Number 3
• Letter from L.F. Becker, Company A, 104th O.V.I. L.F. Becker. The Ohio Soldier. Volume 1. Number 5. September 17, 1887
• War Reminiscence - From the Diary of L.F. Baker, Company A, 104th O.V.I. should be L.F. Becker in title. The Ohio Soldier. Volume 1. Number 6. September 24, 1887
• National Tribune. Franklin. S. Petit. February 9, 1888
• National Tribune. Franklin Again. S. Petit. May 24, 1888
• National Tribune. The 104th Ohio. George B. Fenn. June 14, 1888. Franklin
• National Tribune. The 104th Ohio at Franklin. William P. Wolfe 175th Ohio. July 19, 1888
• National Tribune. At the Cotton-Gin. N.A. Pinney. November 22, 1888. Franklin
• Battle of Franklin Dr. G.A. Collamore. The Ohio Soldier. Volume 3. Number 24. July 5, 1890
• National Tribune. The 104th Ohio in 1862. L.F. Becker. May 26th, 1898
• National Tribune. With the 104th Ohio. Campaigning Under Burnside was not Pleasant Work. L.F. Becker. August 11, 1898. Knoxville Campaign
• National Tribune. On to Atlanta. The 104th Ohio with Sherman in the Georgia Campaign. L.F. Becker. October 6, 1898
• National Tribune. Campaigning With a Grand Army. Some of the 104th Ohio's Service in the Latter Part of the War. L.F. Becker. November. 16-23. 1899
• National Tribune. On the Field at Franklin. J.A. McCamon. July 5, 1900
• National Tribune. Defending the 104th Ohio. Isaac Ax. October 4, 1900. Franklin
• National Tribune. Franklin. Peter Scharles. December 13, 1906
• National Tribune. The Terrors of Franklin. J.A. McCamon. May 23, 1912
• National Tribune. Redeeming East Tennessee. N.A. Pinney. October 22, 1914. Knoxville Campaign
• National Tribune. The Capture of Wilmington. N.A. Pinney. January 14, 1915
• National Tribune. In N.C. at the Wind-up of the Great Conflict. William O. Myers. March 30, 1916
• National Tribune. Watching, Waiting at Nashville. N.A. Pinney. March 29, 1917
• Seeks His Would-Be Captors. Cyrus Seiler. In Confederate Veteran. Nashville. Tennessee. Volume XXVI. Number 2. February. 1918
• Footprints Through Dixie, Everyday Life of the Man Under a Musket. Joseph W. Gaskill. 186 pgs. Alliance. Ohio. Bradshaw Printing Company. Alliance. Ohio. 1919
• Arthur Latham Conger Papers. Arthur Latham Conger. Transcripts (typewritten). Army officer. Diary describing camp life during Conger's Civil War service with the 104th and 115th Ohio Infantry Regts. in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. Includes speeches relating to the presentation of a sword to Conger. 2 items. Call# MS 76-1254. U.S. Army War College Library. Carlisle Barracks. Pennsylvania
• Diaries, 1862, 1864-1865. William W. Richardson Musician in Company I, 104th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 4 volumes. Call# MS. 2136. Archives Library. Western Reserve Historical Society
• Horace Lafayette Reed Papers. Horace L. Reed. 134 items. Soldier with the Ohio 104th Infantry. Letters, memoirs, personal and biographical papers, military papers, and clippings, concerning Reed's life during the Civil War including the sieges of Knoxville, Tenn., and Atlanta. Call# MS 70-1944. E. C. Barker Texas History Center. University of Texas at Austin
• The Henry Pippitt Collection, 1862 - 1865. Henry Pippitt. Three journals describe life in Company G of the 104th OVI. Call# MS 2156. Hoskins Library. University of Tennessee Libraries. Knoxville. Tennessee
• Record book and diary, 1862-1865 / Joseph W. Gaskill. Joseph W. Gaskill. 0.2 linear ft. Descriptive roll of Company B, 104th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (1862-65), a history of the Company by Gaskill, and Gaskill's diary for 1864, during which time he saw action in Tennessee and Georgia. Call# MS. 1158. Archives Library Manuscripts. Western Reserve Historical Society
• Civil War Diary of an Ohio Volunteer. William Thompson Dougherty. Edited by Donald J. Coan. 1864 Diary. pgs. 171-186. Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine. Volume 50. July. 1976
• Civil War Diary of John Henry Bliler. John Henry Bliler. Foreword by Ardath Bliler Kelly. 93 pgs. NP. ND. Call# OHS General 973.781 B618c. Ohio Historical Society
• They Stood to Their Guns : The 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. Bradley S. Keefer. KSU masters theses Dept. of History. Typescript Photocopy 224 leaves, bound : ill., maps. Call # MAIN Special Coll E525.5 104th .K44x 1984. Kent State University. 1984
• Factors Affecting Civil War Casualty Rates; the Case of the 104th Ohio, John R. Walker. John R. Walker. Seminar paper. 1991. 42 leaves. University of Akron. Call# E525.5 104th. Archives Library. Western Reserve Historical Society
• "Harvey": War Dog of the 104th Ohio: A Biography From the Canine Corps. by Timothy Brookes. Military Images Magazine 15. March-April. 1994. pp. 18-19. 2 photocopied pages. SpColl. USAMHI. Carlisle Barracks. PA.
• Harvey: Yankee War Dog. by Timothy R. Brookes. Timeline Album. In Timeline. Volume 11. Number 1. January-February. 1994. A Publication of the Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• Unit Bibliography. U.S. Army Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks. PA. 1995
• J.J. Scroggs Diary and Letters. 1852-1865. Joseph J. Scroggs. Pvt. Co. C. 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and Lieutenant Co. C. 5th United States Colored Troops. Compiled by Larry Leigh. 504 pgs. Privately printed by Larry Leigh. 25 Trillium Lane. Sautee. Georgia. 30571. 1996
• Friend Alice. The Civil War Letters of Captain David D. Bard. 7th and 104th Regiments Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 1862-1864. David D. Bard. Edited by James T. Brenner. A Scholar of Fortune Publication. 434 Bowman Drive. Kent. Ohio. 44240. 1997
• Awkward Jack and His Chum. From: Footprints Through Dixie, Everyday Life of the Man Under a Musket. by Joseph W. Gaskill. Alliance. Ohio. Bradshaw Printing Company. Alliance. Ohio. 1919. Published on the Web by Larry Stevens. Newark. Ohio. 1998
• Civil War Veterans Fan Flames of Memory: Surviving Members of 104th Regiment Stir Embers of Reminiscence at Reunion Here. submitted by Harry Liggett. Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal. Volume III. Number 1. 1999
• A Short History of the Members of Company "H" 104th OVI, Civil War. by Michael Elliott. Spans six volumes of Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal. Volume VI, Number 4, 2002: Volume VII, Number 1, 2003: Volume VII, Number 2, 2003: Volume VII, Number 3, 2003: Volume VII, Number 4, 2003: Volume VIII, Number 1, 2004. Ohio Genealogical Society. Mansfield. Ohio
• Burning Rails as We Pleased: The Civil War Letters of William Garrigues Bentley, 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. William Garrigues Bentley. Company G 104th OVI. Edited by Barbara Bentley Smith and Nina Bentley Baker. 238 pgs. Photographs, glossary, notes, bibliography, index, library binding. McFarland & Company, Inc. Jefferson. North Carolina. 2003
• The War in Their Words: "On Account of a Bug". by Dana B. Shoaf. Civil War Times Magazine. October. 2017. Link on HISTORYNET
• Your Soldier Boy: An Infantry Soldier's Journey Through the Civil War. Daniel Merrill Stearns. 8th Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps and 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. By Susan Scullion. 208 pgs. Paperback. SLS Publishing, LLC. May 6, 2025

104th OVI Band and war dog Harvey
Courtesy of Marcus McLemore

History

Organized August 30, 1862, under Colonel James W. Reilly, it proceeded to Kentucky in September, and operated against Kirby Smith and John Morgan until September, 1863, when it marched to Knoxville and Cumberland Gap. It participated in the defense of Knoxville under Burnside and in April, 1864, joined Sherman's Atlanta campaign, participating in all the battles. In October it moved north with Thomas and took part in the operations against Hood, losing sixty men at the battle of Franklin. After the battle of Nashville it followed in the pursuit of Hood, and in February, 1865, was transferred to North Carolina where it remained in active service until mustered out June 17th, 1865.

From Dyer's Compendium

104th Regiment Infantry. Organized at Camp Massillon, Ohio, and mustered in August 30, 1862. Moved to Covington, Ky., September 1, 1862. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, District of Central Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Defence of Cincinnati, Ohio, against Kirby Smith's threatened attack September 2-12, 1862. Skirmish at Fort Mitchell, Covington, Ky., September 10. Pursuit to Lexington, Ky., September 12-15. Duty at Lexington till December 6. Moved to Richmond and Danville, Ky., in pursuit of Morgan December 6-26. At Frankfort, Ky., till February, 1863. Operations in Central Kentucky till August. Expedition to Monticello and operations in Southeastern Kentucky April 26-May 12. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee, Campaign August 16-October 17. Expedition to Cumberland Gap September 4-7. Operations about Cumberland Gap September 7-10. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Duty in East Tennessee till April, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Face Ridge and Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Cartersville May 20. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Skirmishes about Lost Mountain June 11-14. Combats about Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Cheyney's Farm June 22. Ulley's Farm June 26-27. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Columbia Ford November 28-29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Franklin December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., till January 15, 1865. Movement to Washington, D. C., thence to Federal Point, N. C., January 15-February 9. Operations against Hoke near Fort Fisher February 11-14. Orton's Pond February 18. Fort Anderson February 18-19. Town Creek February 19-20. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh till May 2, and at Greensboro till June. Mustered out June 17, 1865. Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 46 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 130 Enlisted men by disease. Total 183.

Thanks to Dr. Richard A. Sauers for the initial research and indexing of the National Tribune articles.

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