MSS 842 66th Ohio Infantry Regiment Records

              1,: SS 842
Ohio I n f a n t r y . 6 6 t h
R e g t . , 1861- 1865
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S t a n d a r d i n v e n t o r y
C o l l e c t i o n S y n o p s i s
P r o v e n a n c e : The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y a c g u i r e d t h e Ohio I n f a n t r y
6 6 t h R e g t . , 1861- 1865 Records a s a g i f t of J o s e p h L . B r a n d , G r e a t
F a l l s , V i r g i n i a , in December 1983. Richard W. Arpi p r o c e s s e d t h e
c o l l e c t i o n in A p r i l 1984.
P r o p e r t y r i g h t s : The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y owns the o r o p e r t y
r i g h t s t o t h i s c o l l e c t i o n .
C o p y r i g h t s : Joseph L . Brand has d e d i c a t e d such c o p y r i g h t s as he
p o s s e s s e s in t h i s c o l l e c t i o n t o t h e p u b l i c . C o n s i d e r a t i o n of a l l
o t h e r c o p y r i g h t s i s t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of t h e a u t h o r and p u b l i s h e r .
A c c e s s : T h i s c o l l e c t i o n i s open under t h e r u l e s and r e g u l a t i o n s
of t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y .
C i t a t i o n : R e s e a r c h e r s a r e r e q u e s t e d t o c i t e c o l l e s t i o n name,
c o l l e c t i o n number, and t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y in a i l f o o t -
n o t e and b i b l i o g r a p h i c r e f e r e n c e s .
H i s t o r i c a l s k e t c h : The Ohio i n f a n t r y . 6 6 t h R e g t . , 1861- 1865,
( O. V: I.) was o r g a n i z e d a t Camp McArthur n e a r lirbana on December
1 7 , 1 8 6 1 , and was composed of 850 men from Champaign, D e l a w a r e ,
Logan, a n d Union C o u n t i e s . On J a n u a r y 1 7 , 1862, t h e u n i t l e f t
Camp McArthur t o engage t h e C o n f e d e r a t e f o r c e s o f G e n e r a l Thomas
J . " S t o n e w a l l " J a c k s o n in t h e Shenandoah V a l l e y of Virginia. By
t h e end of t h e w a r , t h e u n i t had s e r v e d i n t w e l v e s t a t e s , t r a v e l e d
11,000 m i l e s , and p a r t i c i p a t e d in e i g h t e e n b a t t l e s i n c l u d i n g
A n t i e t a m , G e t t y s b u r g , and Lookout : f o u n t a i n . The 6 6 t h O . V . I . a l s o
h e l p e d q u e l l t h e llew York C i t y d r a f t r i o t s and p a r t i c i p a t e d i n
General S h e r m a n ' s march t n r o u g h G e o r g i a . The 6 6 t h O . V . I . was
t h e f i r s t r e g i m e n t from Ohio t o r e - e n l i s t i n 1863 and thus became
a " v e t e r a n v o l u n t e e r " u n i t . By t h e t i m e t h e u n i t was d i s c h a r g e d
in Columbus on J u l y 1 9 , 1 8 6 5 , i t had r e c e i v e d 370 a d d i t i o n a l
recruits, had 110 of i t s men k i l l e d in b a t t l e , w j t h 370 wounded,
and 144 dead from d i s e a s e .
Colonel C h a r l e s Candy was t h e commanding o f f i c e r of t h e 66th
O . V . I . t h r o u g h much of t h e war. Eugene Powell was commissioned
a major of t h e 6 6 t h O . V . I . on O c t o b e r 2 2 , 1861, h a v i n g s e r v e d
p r e v i o u s l y in t h e 4th O. V. I. He was promotea t o l i e u t e n a n t - c o l o n e l
on May 24, 1862, and was d i s c h a r g e d from t h e 6 6 t h O . V . 1 . t o become
c o l o n e l of t h e 193rd O . V . I . on April 25, 1865. PoweT1 was m u s t e r e d
o u t w i t h t h a t r e g i m e n t on August 4 , 1865, and r e c e i v e d t h e h o n o r i a l
rank of b r e v e t b r i g a d i e r - g e n e r a l on March 1 3 , 1865.
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