193rd Ohio Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	193rd Ohio Infantry Regiment
Dates:	March 1865 to August 4, 1865
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Infantry

The 193rd Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 193rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 193rd OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 193rd Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio in March, 1865, and mustered in for one year service under the command of Colonel Eugene Powell.

The regiment was ordered to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and assigned to 2nd Brigade, 1st Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah, March 20. Marched to Charleston March 21, and duty there until April 4. Transferred to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Provisional Division, March 27. Moved to Winchester April 4, and duty there until August 1865.

The 193rd Ohio Infantry mustered out of service August 4, 1865, at Winchester, Virginia.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 29 enlisted men during service, all due to disease.

Commanders

• Colonel Eugene Powell

See also

• List of Ohio Civil War units
• Ohio in the Civil War

References

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
• Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861 - 1865, Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission (Akron, OH: Werner Co.), 1886–1895.
• Reid, Whitelaw. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers (Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin), 1868.

Attribution

External links

• Ohio in the Civil War: 193rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Larry Stevens
• National flag of the 193rd Ohio Infantry
• Regimental flag of the 193rd Ohio Infantry