194th Ohio Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	194th Ohio Infantry Regiment
Dates:	March 1865 to October 24, 1865
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Infantry

The 194th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 194th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 194th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 194th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, and mustered in for one year service under the command of Colonel Anson George McCook.

The regiment left Ohio for Charleston, West Virginia, March 14. It was assigned to General Egan's Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah. Participated in operations in the Shenandoah Valley until April, then ordered to Washington, D.C. for garrison duty until October.

The 194th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service October 24, 1865, at Washington, D.C.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 38 enlisted men during service, all due to disease.

Commanders

Colonel Anson George McCook

Notable members

Colonel Anson George McCook - U.S. Senator from New York, 1877-1883

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.

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