- 76th Ohio Infantry
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
caption= Flag of Ohio
dates= 1861–1865
country= United States of America
allegiance= Union
branch=Union Army
type=Infantry
size= 962 at outset of service
nickname= Licking Volunteers
battles=American Civil War
*Fort Donelson
*Shiloh
*Siege of Corinth
*Chickasaw Bayou
*Fort Hindman
*Jackson
*Vicksburg
*Lookout Mountain
*Ringgold Gap
*Resaca
*Dallas
*Kennesaw Mountain
*Marietta
*Atlanta
*Ezra Church
*Jonesborough
*Sherman's March to the Sea
*BentonvilleThe 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 76th OVI) was an
infantry regiment of theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War . The regiment served in the Western Theater, primarily as part of the XV Corps in theArmy of the Tennessee .Organization
Special Order Number 882 of October 1861 authorized Col.
Charles R. Woods to organize aregiment ofinfantry at Camp Sherman, nearNewark, Ohio . Recruitment had begun for a Licking County regiment as early as September 1861. Enrollment was for three years' duty. Of the ten companies formed for this new regiment, seven were from Licking County, two were from Stark County, and one was from Columbiana County. Since the majority of the troops were from Licking County, the regiment had the field nickname of "The Licking Volunteers." The regiment held 962 officers and men when it was mustered in on February 9, 1862.The initial officers were as follows::* Colonel Charles R. Woods:* Lt. Colonel
William Burnham Woods :* MajorWillard Warner :* Adjutant Jerome N. Rappleyea:* Quartermaster Henry D. Wright:* Surgeon Charles R. Pierce:* Asst. Surgeon Thomas B. Hood:* Chaplin Reverend John W. McCartyCompanies
Company A formed November 1, 1861::* Captain Thaddeus Lemert:* 1st Lieutenant Bevery W. Lemert:* 2nd Lieutenant Simeon B. Wall
Company B formed November 12, 1861::* Captain Joseph M. Scott:* 1st Lieutenant Ira P. French:* 2nd Lieutenant John R. Miller
Company C formed December 4, 1861::* Captain Levi P. Coman:* 1st Lieutenant John S. Anderson:* 2nd Lieutenant John V. Gray
Company D formed December 16, 1861::* Captain Charles H. Kibler:* 1st Lieutenant I. Newton Hempsted:* 2nd Lieutenant Reason C. Strong
Company E formed December 16, 1861::* Captain Joseph C. Wehrle:* 1st Lieutenant Michael R. Maher:* 2nd Lieutenant Charles Luther
Company F (Columbiana County) formed December 18, 1861::* Captain Strew M. Emmons:* 1st Lieutenant James H. H. Hunter:* 2nd Lieutenant Freeman Morrison
Company G formed January 7, 1862::* Captain James Stewart:* 1st Lieutenant Jehile T. Wintrode:* 2nd Lieutenant Richard W. Burt
Company H: :* Captain Jerome N. Rappleyea:* 1st Lieutenant John A. Dill:* 2nd Lieutenant Lucien H. Wright
Company I was originally Company B of the
61st Ohio Infantry . They were transferred to the 76th OVI on February 3, 1862.::* Captain Edward Biggs:* 1st Lieutenant James M. Blackburn:* 2nd Lieutenant John H. HardgroveCompany K::* Captain James M. Jay:* 1st Lieutenant David R. Kelley:* 2nd Lieutenant Mark Sperry
ervice
During the service time of the 76th OVI, from February 1862 to July 1865, the unit saw action in an estimated 44 battles across eleven
Confederate States . Notable events were as follows:1862
*February 9: Mustered in and left Camp Sherman to join the campaign up the Cumberland and
Tennessee River s
*February 14 to February 16:Battle of Fort Donelson
*March 6 to March 31: Operations along theTennessee River and then joined the division of Maj. Gen.Lew Wallace
*April 6 and April 7:Battle of Shiloh
*April 29 to May 30:Siege of Corinth
*August 16: Captured 40 men from the31st Louisiana at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana
*August 18: Captured the steamer "Fairplay"
*October 22 to [November 12: Rest and reorganization atPilot Knob, Missouri
*December 22: joined theYazoo River expedition of Maj. Gen.William Tecumseh Sherman in the Operations against Vicksburg Campaign
*December 26 to December 29:Battle of Chickasaw Bayou 1863
*January 9 to January 11:
Battle of Fort Hindman
*January 23 to April: various movements as part of Grant's Operations against Vicksburg
*May 12:Battle of Raymond
*May 14:Battle of Jackson (MS)
*May 18 to July 4: Siege of Vicksburg
*July 10 to July 17:Siege of Jackson
*July 23 to late September: camped atBig Black River
*October 20 toOctober 29 : destroyed tracks along theMemphis and Charleston Railroad
*November 23 toNovember 25 :Third Battle of Chattanooga
*November 27:Battle of Ringgold Gap
*November 28 toDecember 8 : relief ofKnoxville, Tennessee 1864
*January 1: went to winter quarters at
Paint Rock, Alabama
*January 4: about two-thirds of the unit re-enlisted as veterans
* January to early March: on furlough in Ohio
* mid-March: return to Alabama
* May to September: participated in theAtlanta Campaign
*May 7 to May 13:Battle of Rocky Face Ridge
*May 14 and May 15:Battle of Resaca
*May 28:Battle of Dallas
*June 9 to July 3:Battle of Marietta
*June 27:Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
*July 22:Battle of Atlanta
*July 28:Battle of Ezra Church
*August 31 and September 1:Battle of Jonesborough
*September 29 to November 3: operations against Hood's Tennessee Campaign in northern Georgia andAlabama
*October 18: non-veterans mustered out atSummerville, Georgia
*November 15 to December 21:Sherman's March to the Sea
*December 21 to January 9 1865: provost guard inSavannah, Georgia 1865
*January 31 to April 1:
Carolinas Campaign
*March 19 to March 21:Battle of Bentonville
*March 24: occupation of Goldsborough
*April 10 to April 24: advance on and occupation ofRaleigh, North Carolina
*May 24:Grand Review of the Armies inWashington, D.C.
*July 15: mustered out inLouisville, Kentucky
*July 24: discharged inColumbus, Ohio The 76th OVI mustered out on July 15, 1865.
ee also
*
Ohio in the American Civil War References
* Dyer, Frederick Henry, "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion." 3 volumes. New York: T. Yoseloff, 1908.
External links
* [http://www.ohiohistory.org/etcetera/exhibits/fftc/relicroom/index.cfm?war=2&
]
* [http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cw76.html 76th Ohio References by Larry Stevens]
* [http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System]
* [http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Licking/LickingIndex.htm History of Licking County, O.] (See chapter XXXIX)
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