141st Ohio Infantry Regiment
1864 Union Army unit
The 141st Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 141st Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 141st OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 141st Ohio Infantry was organized in Gallipolis, Ohio, and mustered in May 14, 1864, for 100 days service under the command of Colonel Anderson L. Jaynes.
The regiment left Ohio for Charleston, West Virginia, May 21. Assigned to garrison duty at Charleston and attached to Reserve Division, Department of West Virginia, until August 25.
The 141st Ohio Infantry mustered out of service September 3, 1864, at Gallipolis.
Ohio National Guard
Over 35,000 Ohio National Guardsmen were federalized and organized into regiments for 100 days service in May 1864. Shipped to the Eastern Theater, they were designed to be placed in "safe" rear areas to protect railroads and supply points, thereby freeing regular troops for Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s push on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. As events transpired, many units found themselves in combat, stationed in the path of Confederate Gen.
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