118th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
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Three Years'
Service
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This Regiment was organized at Cincinnati and Camp Mansfield, O., from September 12 to November 7, 1862, to serve three years. It was mustered out of service June 24, 1865, in accordance with orders from the War Department.
The official list of battles in which this Regiment bore an honorable part is not yet published by the War Department, but the following list has been compiled after careful research during the preparation of this work.
| MOSSY CREEK, TENN., | DECEMBER 29, 1863 |
| ROCKY FACE RIDGE, GA., | MAY 5-9, 1864 |
| RESACA, GA., | MAY 13-16, 1864 |
| DALLAS, GA., | MAY 25 to JUNE 4, 1864 |
| KENESAW MOUNTAIN, GA., | JUNE 9-30, 1864 |
| KENESAW MOUNTAIN, GA., (General Assault) | JUNE 27, 1864 |
| ATLANTA, GA., (Siege of) | JULY 28 TO SEPTEMBER 2, 1864 |
| WAYNESBORO, GA., | NOVEMBER 27-29, 1864 |
| FRANKLIN, TENN., | NOVEMBER 30, 1864 |
| NASHVILLE, TENN., | DECEMBER 15, 16, 1864 |
| FORT ANDERSON, N.C., | FEBRUARY 18, 1865 |
| TOWN CREEK, N.C., | FEBRUARY 20, 1865 |
| MOSELY HALL, N.C., | APRIL 9, 1865 |
118th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
field and staff
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Mustered in
Sept. 17, 1862, at Cincinnati, O., by C. O. Howard, Captain 18th Infantry, U. S. A.
Mustered out June 24, 1865, at Salisbry, N. C., by B. F. Briscoe, Captain and A. C. M. 2d
Division, 23d Army Corps
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| Names | Rank | Age | Date of Entering Service | Period of Service | Remarks |
| Samuel R. Mott | Colonel | 43 | September 3, 1861 | 3 yrs | Promoted from Captain Co. C, 31st O.V.I., October 5, 1862; resigned February 10, 1864 |
| John Walkup | Lt. Colonel | 51 | September 5, 1862 | 3 yrs | Resigned April 17, 1863 |
| Thomas L Young | Lt. Colonel | --- | August 22, 1862 | 3 yrs | Promoted from Major April 17, 1863; to Colonel April 11, 1864, but not mustered; discharged September 14, 1864, on Surgeon's certificate of disability; brevet Brig. General February 15, 1865 |
| Edgar Sowers | Lt. Colonel | 30 | August 13, 1862 | 3 yrs | Promoted to Major from Captain Co. I October 12, 1864; to Lieut. Colonel January 6, 1865; to Colonel June 20, 1865, but not mustered; brevet Brig. General to date February 13, 1865; mustered out with regiment June 24, 1865 |
| Lester Bliss | Major | --- | August 25, 1862 | 3 yrs | Promoted from Regt. Quartermaster April 17, 1863; to Lieut. Colonel April 11, 1864, but not mustered; discharged July 1, 1864, on Surgeon's certificate of disability |
| John W Kincaid | Major | 36 | July 18, 1862 | 3 yrs | Promoted from Captain Co. K, January 6, 1865; mustered out with regiment June 24, 1865 |
| William H Phillips | Surgeon | 37 | August 19, 1862 | 3 yrs | Resigned May 8, 1864 |
| William M Beach | Surgeon | 33 | June 9, 1864 | 3 yrs | Mustered out with regiment June 24, 1865 |
| Harrison A Bodman | Asst Surgeon | 47 | August 27, 1862 | 3 yrs | Resigned December 5, 1862 |
| William B Shaffer | Asst Surgeon | 26 | September 1, 1862 | 3 yrs | Resigned February 3, 1864 |
| Nathan S Richardson | Asst Surgeon | --- | December 26, 1862 | 3 yrs | Promoted to Surgeon, 13th O.V.C., October 20, 1864 |
| John E Patterson | Asst Surgeon | 31 | April 28, 1864 | 3 yrs | Mustered out with regiment June 24, 1865 |
| Josiah Gallup | Adjutant | --- | September 13, 1862 | 3 yrs | Resigned March 31, 1863 |
| David L Williams | Adjutant | 26 | August 15, 1862 | 3 yrs | Appointed from 1st Lieutenant Co. F, March 31, 1863; resigned October 25, 1863 |
| James M Russell | Adjutant | 25 | August 22, 1862 | 3 yrs | Appointed from 1st Lieutenant Co. D, November 1, 1863; discharged November 22, 1864 on Surgeon's certificate of disability |
| Joel C Lloyd | Adjutant | 24 | August 13, 1862 | 3 yrs | Appointed from 1st Lieutenant Co. E, January 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment June 24, 1865 |
| Charles P Washburn | R.Q.M. | 26 | April 17, 1863 | 3 yrs | Promoted to Captain Co. E, October 12, 1864; declined ---; mustered out with regiment June 24, 1865 |
| John Boggs | Chaplain | --- | October 7, 1862 | 3 yrs | Resigned December 10, 1863 |
| George M Thompson | Sergeant Major | 20 | August 15, 1862 | 3 yrs | Promoted from Corporal Co. I, January 25, 1863; to 2d Lieutenant Co. K, February 1, 1864 |
| Hezekiah S Ailes | Sergeant Major | 22 | August 18, 1862 | 3 yrs | Promoted from Sergeant Co. I, September 1, 1864; mustered out with regiment June 24, 1865 |
| Rollin C Curtis | Q.M.S. | 21 | August 3, 1862 | 3 yrs | Promoted to 2d Lieutenant Co. A, December 5, 1862 |
| Thomas H Jones | Q.M.S. | 28 | August 21, 1862 | 3 yrs | Promoted from Corporal Co. F, January 1, 1863; to 1st Lieutenant January 6, 1865; declined ---; mustered out with regiment June 24, 1865 |
| Charles Kemmer | Com. Ser. | 50 | August 22, 1862 | 3 yrs | Promoted from Private Co. F, September 15, 1862; to 1st Lieutenant January 6, 1865, but not mustered; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps January 15, 1865 |
| William F Cary | Com. Ser. | 23 | August 22, 1862 | 3 yrs | Promoted from Corporal Co. C, January 15, 1865; mustered out with regiment June 24, 1865 |
| John R Beaty | Hos. St'd. | 28 | August 3, 1862 | 3 yrs | Discharged February 13, 1864, on Surgeon's certificate of disability |
| John R Ashton | Hos. St'd. | 32 | August 22, 1862 | 3 yrs | Promoted from Private Co. I, May 1, 1864; mustered out with regiment June 24, 1865 |
118th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Companies (Roster Lists)
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A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
K
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Transcribed from Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866. Volume VIII. 110th-140th Regiments--Infantry. Compiled under Directions of the Roster Commission: Joseph B Foraker, Governor, James S Robinson, Sec'y of State, H A Axline, Adjutant-General. 1888. Cincinnati (Ohio): The Ohio Valley Press.
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