Van Wert County OHGenWeb

This is the index page for military units in the Civil War in which men from Van Wert County, Ohio served.  It also has an index of the casualties.  These pages are for information only, and do not represent official data for the various units.  The webmaster has not researched the data, but used information in the source cited at the bottom of this page.

Company E, 56th Regiment, was raised 17 April 1861, and incorporated into the 15th Regiment on May 17, 1861 at Camp Jackson, Columbus, Ohio.

Companies E and H, 15th Regiment, were enlisted April 17, 1861 at Wapakoneta, Ohio.

Companies A, E and K, 46th Regiment, largely made up in Van Wert and Mercer counties were formed at Camp Worthington, near Columbus, Ohio.

52nd Regiment was formed in August 1862.

Company A, 56th Regiment,  was organized in August 1862.

The 64th Regiment was organized at Camp Buckington, near Mansfield, Ohio, in 1861.

Companies A, B, and K, 88th Regiment, were stationed in Columbus, Ohio, to guard prisoners.

Companies A, E and F, 99th Regiment, were mustered in at Camp Lima on August 26, 1862. One company was raised in Van Wert.

Source: History of Van Wert County, Ohio and Representative Citizens,
(Richmond and Arnold: Chicago, Illinois), 1906, edited and compiled by Thaddeus S. Gilliland, Van Wert, Ohio.

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UNIT Links on this site:

5th Battery
20th Regiment OVI
42nd OVI
15th Regiment OVI, Companies E and I
46th Regiment OVI, Companies A, B, E, G, I, K.
30th, 32nd, 33rd, 47th, 81st and 99th Co F OVI
52nd Regiment OVI
64th Regiment OVI   Company F
88th Regiment OVI
192nd Regiment OVI
196th Regiment OVI
Misc. OVI Units
139th Ohio N.G.
McLaughlin's  Squadron of Cavalry
Squirrel Hunters
Pension Record of Roger E. BAXTER,  52nd OVI Company A
Pension Record of Harrison W. ZENTZ,  98th OVI Company H
Pension Record of Goerge FLAGLER, 57th Reg OVI Company G
Typical Discharge Document Sample
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CASUALTIES
Ackerman to Butts
Capper to Foust
Gates to Myers
Payne to Yale