137th Ohio Infantry

compiled by Larry Stevens

References for this Unit

History

Mustered in at Camp Dennison, May 6th, 1864, as a Ohio National Guard unit, 905 men, Colonel L. A. Harris; assigned to duty around Baltimore in Forts Henry, Federal Hill, Marshall and Carrol; on garrison duty during term of service; mustered out at Camp Dennison, August 21st, 900 men, Colonel Harris commanding, having lost three men by disease, two by railroad accident.

From: The Military History of Ohio. by H.H. Hardesty

From Dyer's Compendium

137th Regiment Infantry. Organized at Camp Dennison. Ohio, and mustered in May 6, 1864. Left State for Baltimore, Md., May 12. Assigned to duty as at Forts McHenry, Federal Hill, Marshall and Carroll. Defences of Baltimore, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, till August. Mustered out August 21, 1864. Regiment lost during service 5 Enlisted men by disease.

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