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The 87th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 87th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 87th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 87th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio and mustered in on June 10, 1862, for three months service under Colonel Henry Blackstone Banning.

The regiment left Ohio for Baltimore, Maryland, June 12, and performed duty in the defenses of that city until July 28. It was later ttached to Railroad Brigade, VIII Corps, Middle Department. It was ordered to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia on July 28, and attached to Miles' Command. It had garrison duty in the defenses of Bolivar Heights until September. It fought in skirmishes at Berlin and Point of Rocks, Maryland, September 4–5 (detachment). It defended Harpers Ferry from September 12 to 15. It was at the surrender of Harpers Ferry on September 15. It was paroled on September 16 and sent to Annapolis, Maryland.

The 87th Ohio mustered out of the service at Camp Chase on September 20, 1862.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 6 enlisted men, 1 killed and 5 due to disease.

Commanders

• Colonel Henry B. Banning

Notable members

• Colonel Henry B. Banning - U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1873–1879
• Corporal William Wellington Corlett, Company D - delegate from Wyoming Territory, 1877–1879
• Commissary Sergeant John Philo Hoyt - fourth governor of Arizona Territory, 1877–1878; justice of the Washington Territory Supreme Court, 1879–1887; President of the Washington Constitutional Convention, 1889

See also

• List of Ohio Civil War units
• Ohio in the Civil War

References

Citations

1. ^ Dyer (1908), p. 1526; Federal Publishing Company (1908), p. 410; Ohio Roster Commission (1888), p. 3; Reid (1868), p. 490.
2. Carman 2010, p. 287.
3. ^ Federal Publishing Company (1908), p. 410; Ohio Roster Commission (1888), p. 3; Reid (1868), p. 490.
4. Ohio Roster Commission (1888), p. 3.

Sources

• Carman, Ezra Ayers (2010). Clemens, Thomas G. (ed.). South Mountain. The Maryland Campaign of September 1862. Vol. I (1st ed.). El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie. p. 287. ISBN 978-1-932714-81-4. LCCN 2010481380. OCLC 642346387. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
• Dyer, Frederick Henry (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (PDF). Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co. p. 1526. ASIN B01BUFJ76Q. LCCN 09005239. OCLC 8697590. Retrieved August 8, 2015. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Federal Publishing Company (1908). Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New York, Maryland, West Virginia, And Ohio (PDF). The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. Vol. II. Madison, WI: Federal Publishing Company. p. 410. OCLC 1086145633. Retrieved October 10, 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Ohio Roster Commission (1888). 87th–108th Regiments, Etc. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865. Vol. VII. Akron, OH: The Werner Company. pp. 3–31. hdl:2027/uiug.30112047586034. OCLC 633556.
• Reid, Whitelaw (1868). The History of Her Regiments, and Other Military Organizations. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers. Vol. II. Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin. pp. 155–159. LCCN 02015300. OCLC 11632330. Retrieved October 10, 2024.

External links

• Ohio in the Civil War: 87th Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Larry Stevens
• National flag of the 87th Ohio Infantry

• Military units and formations established in 1862
• Military units and formations disestablished in 1862
• Units and formations of the Union army from Ohio
• 1862 establishments in Ohio