Country United States Branch Infantry | Allegiance Union | |
Active May 12, 1864, to September 7, 1864 | ||
The 160th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 160th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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Service
The 160th Ohio Infantry was organized in Zanesville, Ohio, and mustered in May 12, 1864, for 100 days service under the command of Colonel Cyrus Reasoner.
The regiment left Ohio for Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, May 12. Detached for duty guarding supply train at Martinsburg. Assigned to Reserve Division, Department of West Virginia, May 25. Moved to Woodstock, Virginia. Detached and moved to Martinsburg in charge of supply trains. Newtown May 29–30. Skirmish at Middletown June 7. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley in charge of wagon trains until July. Operations about Harpers Ferry July 4–7. Maryland Heights July 6–7. Duty in the trenches about Harpers Ferry until August 25.
The 160th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service September 9, 1864.
Ohio National Guard
Over 35,000 Ohio National Guardsmen were federalized and organized into regiments for 100 days service in May 1864. Shipped to the Eastern Theater, they were designed to be placed in "safe" rear areas to protect railroads and supply points, thereby freeing regular troops for Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s push on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. As events transpired, many units found themselves in combat, stationed in the path of Confederate Gen. Jubal Early’s veteran Army of the Valley during its famed Valley Campaigns of 1864. Ohio Guard units met the battle-tested foe head on and helped blunt the Confederate offensive thereby saving Washington, D.C. from capture. Ohio National Guard units participated in the battles of Monacacy, Fort Stevens, Harpers Ferry, and in the siege of Petersburg.
Casualties
The regiment lost 16 men during service; 1 enlisted man killed and 1 officer and 14 enlisted men due to disease.