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CIVIL  WAR  ASSOCIATION

75th  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry

The 75th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was organized by Colonel Nathaniel C. McLean during the Civil War to serve in the Union Army in December of 1861 at Camp McLean in Cincinnati, Ohio. Of the nearly 1,000 men who volunteered to enlist for three years of service, most were from the Ohio Counties of Hamilton, Preble, Montgomery, and Greene. The regiment was ordered to participate in the Eastern Theater of the war and were first sent to western Virginia where they went into action against the Confederate Army commanded by General Stonewall Jackson. They took part in several severe engagements including the 2nd Battle of Bull Run where it was noted that their regimental flag was riddled with over ninety bullet holes. In 1863, the regiment fought bravely at the Battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg and lost over 300 men including their commanding officer, Colonel Robert Reily. After pursuing Robert E. Lee’s Army, they were sent to South Carolina and eventually to Florida where the men were mounted and designated as Mounted Infantry. The 75th served in Florida for the remainder of the war and were instrumental in preventing the success of the blockade runners that operated on the Atlantic Ocean. While much of the regiment was mustered out of service when their enlistments expired late in 1864, several of the veterans reenlisted and continued to fight until they were finally mustered out on July 15, 1865, a few months after the end of the war.

-Ohio Soldier, 1863.

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-Pat Taylor and his Officer's Tent. (Photos courtesty of Pat Taylor)

-Sign painted by Doug Roush