6th Ohio Infantry
Guthrie Greys

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
• In the Ranks at Stone River. Ebenezer Hannaford. Harper's Magazine 27 (1863): 809-15
• In Hospital after Stone River. Ebenezer Hannaford. Harper's Magazine 28 (1863-64): 260-65
• The Story of a Regiment; a History of the Campaigns and Associations in the Field of the Sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Ebenezer Hannaford Author and Publisher. 622 pgs. Stereotyped at the Franklin Type Foundery. Cincinnati. Ohio. 1868
• The Army of the Cumberland. by Henry M. Cist. Brevet Brigadier General U.S.V.; A.A.G. on the staff of Major General Rosecrans, and the staff of Major General Thomas; Secretary of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. 289 pgs. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1882
• National Tribune. Stone's River. Christopher C. Bowen. 6th O.V.I. November 6, 1884
• Comments on General Grant's "Chattanooga." by Henry M. Cist, Brevet Brigadier-General, U.S.V. In: Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume III. pgs 717-718. The Century Company. New York. 1884, 1888
• Cincinnati with the War Fever, 1861. Henry M. Cist. Magazine of American History. p. 138-147. Vol. XIV. New York. 1885
• The Romance of Shiloh, by Gen. Henry M. Cist. Henry M. Cist. 18 pgs. NP. ND. CSmH
• National Tribune. Mission Ridge. Why They Charged Without Orders. Christopher C. Bowen. 6th O.V.I. February 18, 1886
• National Tribune. A Wicked Fight. Brian P. Critchell. Co. A. 6th O.V.I. October 6, 1887
• Constitution and By-Laws of the 6th O.V.I. Benevolent Association, and Roster 6th O.V.I. Regiment, June 15th, 1890. 10 pgs. Cincinnati. 1890. CSmH
• A Talk with a Rebel Picket in Mississippi. Anonymous. In: The Civil War in Song and Story 1860-1865. pgs 99-100. P.F. Collier, Publisher. New York. 1892
• Life of Fredrick H. Alms. Warren Graham Partridge. 246 pgs. Press of Jennings and Graham. Cincinnati. 1904
• The Last Survivor, by E. Hannaford. Ebenezeer Hannaford. 4 pgs. Springfield. Ohio. 1904. IHi
• Personal Recollections and Experiences of a Soldier During the War of the Rebellion. Brevet Major Frank J. Jones. Sketches of War History, 1861-1865. Papers Read Before the Ohio Commandry of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. 1903-1908. Edited by Brevet Colonel Theodore F. Allen, Dr. Edward S. McKee, and Captain J. Gordon Taylor, Publication Committee. Published by the Commandery. Volume VI. Cincinnati: Monfort and Company. 1908
• National Tribune. Gen. William Nelson. Charles Cunningham. 6th O.V.I. December 4, 1913
• Kindling the Fires of War. Charles B. Russell. A Paper Read Before the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion. 7 pgs. April 2, 1913. Also in: Sketches of War History, 1861-1865. A Compilation of Miscellaneous Papers Read Before the Ohio Commandry of the Loyal Legion April 1912-April 1916. Volume 9. Broadfoot Publishing Company. Wilmington. North Carolina. 1993
• Personal Recollections of Some of the Generals in Our Army During the Civil War. Frank J. Jones. A paper read before the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion. 15 pgs. December 3, 1913. Also in: Sketches of War History, 1861-1865. A Compilation of Miscellaneous Papers Read Before the Ohio Commandry of the Loyal Legion April 1912-April 1916. Volume 9. Broadfoot Publishing Company. Wilmington. North Carolina. 1993
• General Nicholas Longworth Anderson Letters and Journals. Harvard. Civil War. Washington. 1854-1892. Isabel Anderson. Fleming H. Revell Company. New York. 1942
• It Seemed Hard to Die by Suffocation. Ebenezer Hannaford. pgs 20-27. Civil War Times Illustrated. Volume 6. June. 1967
• Yanks From The South (The First Land Campaign of the Civil War: Rich Mountain, West Virginia). Fritz Haselberger. 323 pgs. Past Glories. Baltimore. Maryland. 1987
• Dearest Maggie : The Letters of a Civil War Soldier to His Sweetheart.. . William Rogers Wood. 6th OVI. Thomas Mowrey Productions. New York. New York. 1988. Copy No. C1. Call No. E601 .W66 1988. USAMHI. Carlisle Barracks. PA
• A Southern Odyssey. The Narrative of Abram Price. Abram Price. Edited by James K. Richards. pgs 24-35. Timeline. Volume 6. Number 4. August-September. 1989. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• The Narrative of Abram Price Part II. Abram Price. Edited by James K. Richards. pgs 24-33. Timeline. Volume 6. Number 5. October-November. 1989. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• George W. Landrum Letters. 1861-1863. George W. Landrum. Co. A. 6th OVI. Transcripts typewritten. 0.2 linear ft. 1 volume. Kentucky native who moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. During the Civil War he served first in the 6th Ohio Infantry Regiment (the "Guthrie Gray" Regiment) and later as a 1st Lieutenant in the Signal Corps of the 2nd Ohio Infantry Regiment. He died at Chickamauga in Sept., 1863. Call# MS. 543. Archives Library. Western Reserve Historical Society. Cleveland. Ohio
• Unit Bibliography. U.S. Army Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks. PA. 1995
• Shiloh: Where Death Knows No Distinction: "Nemo," 6th Ohio Infantry at the Battle of Shiloh. Nemo. pgs 66-69. In: Civil War: The Magazine of the Civil War Society. 50. April. 1995
• Narrow Escape Story #18. Interesting War Experiences. How C C. Bowen Maneuvered His Forces. by C.C. Bowen. 6th OVI. Ironton Register. March 17 1887. Transcribed by Karen Carlyle. 1998
• Narrow Escape Story #51. Interesting War Experiences. by Joe Turley. 6th OVI. Ironton Register. November 3 1887. Transcribed by Barbara Madden. 1998
• Narrow Escape Story #64. Interesting War Experiences. by D.T. Miles. 6th OVI. Ironton Register. February 2 1888. Transcribed by Joyce Knoch. 1998
• Civil War Casualties: The 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Chickamauga. The Tracer. Hamilton County Chapter. Ohio Genealogical Society. Volume 20. Number 3. September 1 1999
• Colors of the 6th O.V.I. Photos. Fight for the Colors. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio. 2000
• George B. Nicholson Diary. George B. Nicholson. 1st Sergeant. Company K. 6th OVI. George Benson Nicholson Papers. Ashland University Archives. Ashland. Ohio 2003
• Hell's Half Acre. by Ron Coddington. pgs 56-57. In: Faces of the Civil War. An Album of Union Soldiers and Their Stories. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore and London. 2004. Concerns Corp. Aloise Kalin 6th OVI
• In the Ranks at Stone River. Ebenezer Hannaford. Harper's Magazine 27 (1863): 809-15. Online version at Cornell University Library's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a Digital Library. 2005
• In Hospital after Stone River. Ebenezer Hannaford. Harper's Magazine 28 (1863-64): 260-65. Online version at Cornell University Library's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a Digital Library. 2005

Colonel Nicholas L. Anderson
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History

Organized at Cincinnati, April 18th, 1861, for three months service, and June 18th, 1861, for three years service, under Col. W.K. Bosley. The regiment served in West Virginia in the summer of 1861, and joined Buell's army in the fall. It participated at the battle of Shiloh in Nelson's Division; at Stone River under Rosecrans, where it lost heavily; also, at Chickamauga, where it lost 125 in killed wounded and missing. The regiment fought at Mission Ridge and then marched to the relief of Knoxville. At the opening of the Atlanta campaign its term of service having expired, the Regiment was mustered out, June 23rd, 1864. Colonel Nicholas L. Anderson commanded the regiment the last two years of its service. The 6th Ohio lost in battle 325 men.

From Dyer's Compendium

6th Regiment Infantry ("Guthrie Grays") (3 Months). Organized at Camp Harrison, near Cincinnati, and mustered in April 27, 1861. Duty at Camp Harrison till May 17. Moved to Camp Dennison, Ohio, May 17, and duty there till June 18. Reorganized for three years' service June 18, 1861. Three months men mustered out July 24, 1861.

6th Regiment Infantry (3 Years). Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 18, 1861. Moved to Fetterman, W. Va., June 29-July 2. Attached to 1st Brigade, Army of Occupation, West Virginia, to September, 1861. Reynolds' Command, Cheat Mountain, W. Va., to November, 1861. 10th Brigade, Army Ohio, to December, 1861. 10th Brigade, 4th Division, Army Ohio, to September, 1862. 10th Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Corps, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd, Brigade, 2nd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to June, 1864.
SERVICE.--At Grafton, W. Va., July 2, 1861. March to Philippi July 4. West Virginia Campaign July 6-21. Laurel Hill July 8. Carrick's Ford July 13. Pursuit of Garnett's forces July 15-16. Duty at Beverly till August 6. Camp at Elkwater, foot of Cheat Mountain, August 6-November 19. Operations on Cheat Mountain against Lee September 11-17. Cheat Mountain Pass September 12. Reconnoissance up Tygart Valley September 26-29. Moved to Louisville November 19-30. Duty at Camp Buell till December 9, and at Camp Wickliffe, Ky., till February 14, 1862. Expedition down Ohio River to reinforce Gen. Grant at Fort Donelson, thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-25. Occupation of Nashville February 25, the first Regiment to enter city. Camp on Murfreesboro Pike till March 17. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 17-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Duty at Pittsburg Landing till May 24. Siege of Corinth, Miss., May 24-30. Occupation of Corinth May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 30-July 12. Moved to Athens, Ala., and duty there till July 17. Ordered to Murfreesboro July 17, thence to McMinnville and duty there till August 17. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 17-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-22. Battle of Perryville October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7, and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at and near Murfreesboro till June. Actions at Woodbury, Tenn., January 24 and April 4. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. At Manchester till August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River, and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga,Tenn., September 24-November 23. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Brown's Ferry October 27. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 8. Operations in East Tennessee till April, 1864. About Dandridge January 16-17. Garrison at Cleveland, Tenn., April 12-May 17, and at Resaca, Ga., guarding railroad bridge over the Oostenaula River, till June 6. Ordered to the rear for muster out June 6. Mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 23, 1864, expiration of term. Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 82 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 56 Enlisted men by disease. Total 144.

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

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