Lake County Ohio GenWeb Lake County in the Civil War

Part I

This information is from History of Geauga and Lake Counties, Ohio by Williams Brothers, Philadelphia, 1878. The unit descriptions they included were originally from Ohio in the War by Whitelaw Reid. Both books are available at Morley Library.

Fifth Ohio Infantry

Seventh Regiment Ohio Infantry

Eighth Ohio Infantry

Eleventh Ohio Infantry

Thirteenth Ohio Infantry

Fifteenth Ohio Infantry

Eighteenth Ohio Infantry

Nineteenth Ohio Infantry

Twenty-Third Ohio Infantry

Twenty-Ninth Ohio Infantry

Forty-First Regiment, Ohio Infantry

Eighty-Fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteers

One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Infantry

Other Infantry Units (25, 27, 30, 36, 39, 42, 48, 52, 54, 60 Sharpshooters, 62, 65, 66, 67, 87, 88, 92, 98, 100, 103, 115, 121, 124, 125, 128, 144, 155, 182, 188, 193, 196, 197, Hoffman's)

One Hundred and Seventy-First Ohio National Guard

Second Ohio Cavalry

Other Cavalry Units (6, 7, 10, 12)

First Regiment Ohio Light Artillery

Ninth Artillery, Wetmore's Battery

Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery

Fourteen Ohio Independent Battery

Fifteenth Battery Ohio Light Artillery and Fifteenth Ohio Independent Battery

Other Ohio Light Artillery (21, 25 batteries; 2, 4 and 6 OLA)

Second Regiment Ohio Heavy Artillery

The Squirrel Hunters

Miscellaneous Units (U.S and out of state units plus navy and gunboat services)

Men from Unknown Units

Part II

The following items have additional information on the above units of the Civil War to which Lake County residents belonged.

"Men from Unknown Units" Supplemented by Oscar Ash with Units and sources

"Shields' Battery," the 19th Ohio Light Artillery Unit researched and submitted by Chris Whipple