84th Ohio Infantry

84th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Active	May 1862 to October 14, 1862
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry

The 84th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 84th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 84th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio May through June 1862 and mustered in on June 7, 1862 for three months service under the command of Colonel William Lawrence.

It was ordered to Cumberland, Maryland, June 11, 1862 and served provost duty there until September. The regiment was attached to Railroad District, Department of the Mountains, to July 1862, and VIII Corps, Middle Department, to September. Moved to New Creek September 13 to repel the attack on that point by Jenkins and Imboden. Moved to Camp Chase, then to Camp Delaware in Delaware, Ohio, and mustered out October 14, 1862.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 14 men, 1 officer and 13 enlisted men during service, all due to disease.

Commanders

Colonel William Lawrence

Notable members

Private George A. Garretson, Company E - brigadier general in the Spanish–American War
Colonel William Lawrence - U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1865–1871, 1873–1877
Private Daniel C. Roberts, Company C - composer; known for God of Our Fathers, a hymn written for the centennial of the United States Declaration of Independence

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. ISBN 9781166503925
Woodward, Henry D. Letters from Henry D. Woodward to His Mother (Toledo, OH: s.n.), 1874.

Attribution

This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.

External links

Ohio in the American Civil War

1861	Early military recruiting Camp Chase Camp Dennison Camp Harrison Camp Thomas Department of the Ohio McClellan's Buckeyes seize western Virginia Fighting McCooks Johnson's Island POW camp

1862	Anti-war movement Knights of the Golden Circle First Confederate incursion into Ohio Defense of Cincinnati Black Brigade of Cincinnati

1863	"Fort Fizzle" Morgan's Raid Battle of Buffington Island Battle of Salineville

1864-65	Hundred Days Men Ohio's generals and admirals Ohio's regiments Cincinnati in the War Cleveland in the War Buckeye POWs and the Sultana

Post-war	Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument

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