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EIGHTY-FIRST OHIO INFANTRY
The regiment was raised by
Colonel Morton, formerly of the Twentieth Ohio, under orders
from General Fremont, as an "Independent rifle regiment," but
the organization of that having failed, it was filled up as the
Eighty-first Ohio infantry. It rendezvoused at Benton
barracks, near St. Louis, in August and September, 1861, and
moved to the field during the latter month. It endured
much the ensuing winter in pursuit of the enemy and while
guarding the North Missouri railroad. In March, 1862, it
was moved by steamer to Pittsburgh Landing, and took part in the
battle there. In the subsequent action of Corinth, it lost
eleven killed, forty-four wounded, and three missing. Its
after career brought it into the campaigns through northern
Alabama and Tennessee, and to Atlanta with its bloody battles;
the triumphant marches to the sea and through the Carolinas and
Virginia to the capital of the nation, where it took part in the
grand reviews, and after a brief period of service at
Louisville, it was finally mustered out at Camp Dennison, July
21, 1865. It had been re-organized as a veteran regiment
in January, 1864. During its service thirty-four of its
members were killed on the field, twenty-four died of wounds and
one hundred and twenty-one of disease, and one hundred and
thirty-six were discharged for disability. |
