Regiment. | Reenlistments. | Regiment. | Reenlistments. | Regiment. | Reenlistments. |
63d Ohio | 455 | 17th Ohio | 366 | 14th Ohio | 322 |
44th Ohio (8th Cavalry) | 453 | 36th Ohio | 364 | 70th Ohio | 332 |
27th Ohio | 437 | 38th Ohio | 360 | 74th Ohio | 321 |
43d Ohio | 436 | 2d Ohio Cavalry | 358 | 49th Ohio | 314 |
53d Ohio | 380 | 69th Ohio | 348 | 71st Ohio | 313 |
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Table of Contents:
Chapter
2
: maximum of regimental loss in killed in any
one
battle — proportion of wounded to killed.
Chapter
3
: percentage of killed in regiments in particular battles — comparison of such losses with those of
European
regiments.
Chapter
5
: casualties compared with those of
European
wars — loss in each arm of the service — deaths from disease — classification of deaths by causes.
Chapter
6
: the
Colored
troops — history of their organization — their losses in battle and by disease.
Chapter
12
: list of regiments and Batteries in the
Union Armies
with mortuary losses of each — the number killed and number of deaths from disease or other causes.
Chapter
13
: aggregate of deaths in the
Union Armies
by States--total enlistment by States--percentages of military population furnished, and percentages of loss — strength of the
Army
at various dates casualties in the
Navy
.
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The 66th Ohio was among the first to accept the proposal of the National Government for a reenlistment, and was the first Ohio regiment to return to the State on the thirty days “veteran furlough” granted to all the “veteran volunteer” regiments.
The largest number of reenlistments--534--occurred in the 39th Ohio, Colonel Edward F. Noyes.
The next highest were:
In some of these regiments nearly every effective man reenlisted, and these reenlistments, together with the recruits, enabled many of the veteran regiments to preserve their organizations through the war.
Of the distinguished generals in the Union Armies, a remarkably large number came from Ohio.
Generals Sheridan, Rosecrans, Sherman, Griffin, Hunt, McPherson, Mitchel, Gillmore, McDowell, Custer, Weitzel,
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