32nd Ohio Infantry Regiment
military unit
The 32nd Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 32nd Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized at Mansfield, Ohio August 20-September 7, 1861, and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Thomas H. Ford. Company F was permanently detached December 22, 1863, and was thereafter known as the 26th Ohio Battery. A replacement Company F was mustered in April 1864.
The regiment was attached to Kimball's Brigade, Cheat Mountain, District West Virginia, to November 1861. Milroy's Brigade, Reynolds' Command, Cheat Mountain, District West Virginia, to March 1862. Milroy's Brigade, Department of the Mountains, to June 1862. Piatt's 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, I Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to July 1862. Piatt's Brigade, White's Division, Winchester, Virginia, to September 1862. Miles' Command, Harper's Ferry, Virginia, September 1862.
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