140th 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
• National Tribune. An Exciting Day. George A. Penny. May 3, 1923. [John H. Morgan]
• National Tribune. Heading off John Morgan. David Llewelyn. May 27, 1926
• Unit Bibliography. U.S. Army Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks. PA. 1995

History

Mustered into the service at Gallipolis, in 1864, as a Ohio National Guard unit, 858 men, Robert B. Wilson colonel; on guard and garrison duty in West Virginia along the Kanawha and Gauley rivers, with headquarters at Charleston, Kanawha county; mustered out at Gallipolis, September 3rd, 855 men, Colonel Wilson commanding.

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

From Dyer's Compendium

140th Regiment Infantry. Organized at Gallipolis, Ohio, and mustered in May 10, 1864. Left State for Charleston, W. Va., May 10. Assigned to duty as garrison at Charleston and on guard duty along Kanawha and Gauley Rivers till September. Mustered out September 3, 1864. Lost 2 by disease.

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

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Copyright © 1995 Larry Stevens

Last updated September 11 2008