Country United States Branch Infantry | Allegiance Union Engagements Battle of Nashville | |
Active August 10, 1864, to June 18, 1865 | ||
The 176th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 176th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Contents
Service
The 176th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio August 10 through September 21, 1864, and mustered in for one year service on September 21, 1864, under the command of Colonel Edwin Cooley Mason.
The regiment was attached to Post and Defenses of Nashville, Department of the Cumberland, to December 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, XX Corps, Department of the Cumberland, to March 1865. District of Nashville, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to June 1865.
The 176th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service June 18, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee.
Detailed service
Left Ohio for Nashville, Tennessee, September 21. Served provost and guard duty at Nashville, September 1864 to June 1865. Battle of Nashville December 15–16, 1864.
Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 102 enlisted men during service, all due to disease.