8th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
8th Ohio's National Flag
Photo Courtesy of Ohio Historical Society
Organized:
29 April 1861
Mustered Into Service: 24 July 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio
Mustered Out: 13 July 1864 at Cleveland, Ohio
Mustered Into Service: 24 July 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio
Mustered Out: 13 July 1864 at Cleveland, Ohio
The 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was organized on 29 April 1861 for three months service in response to President Lincoln’s initial call for 75,000 volunteers. On 24 July 1861, at Camp Dennison, Ohio, the 8th Ohio was re-organized and mustered into active Federal service for three years. The 8th Ohio would serve in the Eastern Theater the duration of the war and participate in at least 10 major engagements and various smaller ones. The 8th Ohio was mustered out on 13 July 1864 at Cleveland, Ohio.
FIELD & STAFF
| Colonel | H. G. DePuy |
| Lt Col | Charles A. Park |
| Major | Franklin Sawyer |
| Surgeon | Benjamin Tappan |
| Asst Surgeon | Samuel Sexton |
| Chaplain | Lyman N. Freeman |
| Adjutant | Joseph R. Swigart |
| Quartermaster | Herman Ruess |
COMPANIES
| Company A | Company F |
| Company B | Company G |
| Company C | Company H |
| Company D | Company I |
| Company E | Company K |
ENGAGEMENTS
| Worthington, Virginia | 1 September 1861 |
| Romney, West Virginia | 24 September 1861 |
| Wire Bridge, Virginia | 29 December 1861 |
| Antietam (Sharpsburg), Maryland | 17 September 1862 |
| Fredericksburg, Virginia | 13 December 1862 |
| Chancellorsville, Virginia | 1-3 May 1863 |
| Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | 1-3 July 1863 |
| White Plains, Virginia | 15 July 1863 |
| Mine Run, Virginia | 27 November 1863 |
| Wilderness, Virginia | 5-6 May 1864 |
| Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia | 8-24 May 1864 |
| North Anna River, Virginia | 28 May 1864 |
| Cold Harbor, Virginia | 3-6 June 1864 |
| Petersburg, Virginia | 15-19 1864 |
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