103rd Ohio Infantry

103rd Ohio Infantry

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=103rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry


caption=Ohio flag
country=United States of America
allegiance= Union
type=Infantry
branch=Volunteer Army
dates=1862–1865
specialization=
command_structure=
size=~1,078 soldiers at outset of the war
current_commander=
garrison=
ceremonial_chief=
nickname=
motto=
colors=
march=
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battles=American Civil War
*Kentucky Campaign
*Atlanta Campaign
*Franklin-Nashville Campaign
*Carolinas Campaign
notable_commanders=
anniversaries=The 103rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was a three-years' infantry regiment from northeastern Ohio that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It participated in a many of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Ohio in the Western Theater.

On July 21, 1862, William B. Castle, as chairman of the District Military Committee in Cleveland, sent a letter to Governor David Tod, enclosing a copy of a resolution recommending that the appointment of company officers for the 103rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. [ [http://www.ohiohistory.org/onlinedoc/civilwar/sa0147/43_04.cfm Ohio History] ] The new regiment was to draw members from Cuyahoga County, Lorain County and Medina County.

The 103rd OVI was organized at Cleveland in August 1862. It was ordered to Kentucky on September 3, 1862, and attached to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky, Department of the Ohio. The regiment saw action in Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.

The 103rd mustered out on June 12, 1865. It lost during its term of service 2 officers and 137 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded, and 3 officers and 106 enlisted men by disease, for a total 148 fatalities.

In 1866, veterans formed the 103rd O.V.I. Association. They and/or their descendants have held a reunion every year since then, the only U.S. organization of its kind. The association has a museum that houses, preserves and displays historic Civil War relics which have been inherited, collected by or donated to the descendants of the members.

ee also

*Ohio in the American Civil War
*Cleveland Civil War Roundtable
*Cleveland in the Civil War

External links

* [http://www.case.edu/affil/NEOIMC/institution-pages/103rd.htm 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Civil War Museum]
* [http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cw103.html 103rd Ohio Infantry, compiled by Larry Stevens]
* [http://www.103ovi.org/ 103rd OVI website]


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