160th 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
- Unit Bibliography. U.S. Army Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks. PA. 1995
- Proceedings of the First Annual Reunion of the 160th Regimental Association, and the Roster of Surviving Members with Their Present Postoffice Address; Roll of the Dead and Constitution. by 160th Regimental Association. 28 pgs. Tribune Print. New Lexington. O. 1891. Call# Pam. O112. Western Reserve Historical Society Archives Library. Cleveland. OH
- Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Reunion of the 160th O.V.I. Regimental Association; Roster of Surviving Members with Their Present Postoffice Addresses; Roll of the Dead and Constitution; Held at Duncan Falls, Muskingum County, Ohio, Thursday and Friday, August 12 and 13 1897. by 160th Regimental Association. 28 pgs. Tribune Print. New Lexington. O. 1897. call# LC-ART-216. The Little Cities Archive. Shawnee. Ohio
History
Originally a Ohio National Guard unit, it organized May 12, 1864, under Colonel Cyrus Reasoner, for one hundred days service. It proceeded to Virginia, where it guarded trains and skirmished with Mosby's guerrillas. It continued in active service in the Shenandoah Valley during its whole term of service, marching and countermarching and fighting with the enemy. The Regiment returned to Ohio and was mustered out September 7, 1864.
From Dyer's Compendium
160th Regiment Infantry. Organized at Zanesville and mustered in May 12, 1864. Left State for Harper's Ferry, W. Va., May 12. Detached for duty guarding supply train at Martinsburg. Assigned to Reserve Division, Dept. of West Virginia, May 25. Moved to Woodstock, W. Va. Detached and moved to Martinsburg in charge of supply trains. Newtown May 29-30. Skirmish at Middletown June 7. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley in charge of wagon trains till July. Operations about Harper's Ferry July 4-7. Maryland Heights July 6-7. Duty in the trenches about Harper's Ferry till August 25. Ordered home and mustered out September 7, 1864. Regiment lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 1 Officer and 14 Enlisted men by disease. Total 16.
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