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21st
Ohio Regiment Infantry (3 years)
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21st
Ohio Infantry Soldier Roster - Official Roster of the Soldiers of the
State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, Volume 3, by Ohio
Roster Commission (Joseph B. Foraker, Governor, James S. Robinson, Sec'y of
State and H. A. Axline, Adjutant-General), 1886
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| Regimental History |
| Twenty-first Infantry. — (Three Years' Service.) Cols.,
Jesse S. Norton, James M. Neibling; Lieut.-Cols., Dwella M. Stoughton,
Arnold McMahon; Majs., Samuel A. Strong, George F. Walker. This regiment
was organized at Findlay on Sept. 19, 1861, to serve for three years. It
received marching orders a few days thereafter, was supplied with arms
at Camp Dennison on Oct. 2, and marched the same day for Nicholasville,
Ky. During that campaign no engagement occurred, excepting that at Ivy
mountain, in which the Confederates attempted an ambush, but were foiled
and whipped, mainly through a flank movement executed bv the 21st. In
Gen. O. M. Mitchel's division it marched on Bowling Green, driving the
Confederates from that strong position. It participated in the movement
on Huntsville, Ala., driving the Confederates out, capturing 300
prisoners, 16 locomotives, and a large number of freight and passenger
cars. At La Vergne, Tenn., during the siege of Nashville, the regiment
captured a part of the 3d Ala. rifle regiment, with their colors, camp
and garrison equipage, and 54 horses. The 21st was engaged in the
fighting at Stone's river, first in the center and then on the left of
the army. In the last day of the fight it charged across the river,
through water waist-deep, and captured 3 brass field-pieces, the only
artillery captured in the battle. In this battle the regiment lost 1
officer and 46 men killed, 76 wounded and 17 captured. Then the regiment
moved with the army upon the enemy at Tullahoma and was also engaged at
Dug gap. It took part in the hottest of the fighting on both of the days
at Chickamauga, expending in this battle 43,550 rounds of Colt's fixed
ammunition and sustaining a loss of 1 officer and 50 men killed, 3
officers and 98 men wounded, 12 officers and 104 men captured. It also
was present at the battle of Missionary ridge. The remnant of the
regiment veteranized, was furloughed home, and the following spring
joined Sherman's grand army upon the campaign to Atlanta. Fighting soon
commenced, and the regiment opened its veteran campaign with the battles
of Buzzard Roost and Resaca. Moving forward the regiment was present at
the battle of New Hope Church, and in capturing a ridge which had been
abandoned without a fight on the evening before. Co. K sustained a loss
of 4 men killed and 2 wounded. Skirmishing continued daily until the
enemy presented front at Kennesaw mountain, and the 21st was engaged at
this point every day, holding the front line at Bald knob for twelve
days and nights in succession, at which point 3 men were killed and 10
wounded. In a severe engagement at Vining's station the regiment lost 15
men killed, 2 officers and 37 men wounded and 1 officer missing. Having
crossed the Chattahoochee river, the regiment again engaged the enemy at
Nancy's creek and continued to engage him until the battle of Peachtree
creek was fought. During the siege of Atlanta the 21st was engaged with
the enemy on several occasions and was under fire every day. At the
battle of Jonesboro it was again engaged and added new laurels to its
character as a fighting regiment, its loss in this battle being 5
killed, 30 wounded and 1 missing. The total loss of the regiment in this
campaign, from May 7 to the occupation of Atlanta, Sept. 2, was 2
officers and 32 men killed, and 5 officers and 119 men wounded, many of
whom subsequently died. The regiment then moved with Sherman to the sea
and from Dec. 12 to 20 was engaged with the enemy's outposts before
Savannah, entering the city the following morning in advance of its army
corps. It was engaged at Rocky Mount, S. C, at Averasboro, N. C, and
participated in the battle of Bentonville, which was the last hostile
meeting of the regiment with the enemy. It returned to Washington, via
Richmond, was present at the grand review, and then proceeded to
Louisville, Ky., where it was mustered out on July 25, 1865.
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Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 2
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