32nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Date: Sep 1861 to 20 Jul 1865
Location: Ohio, United States
Surname/tag: US_Civil_War

See: the category for the 32nd OVI for profiles of men of this unit.

32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry

The 32nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (32nd OVI) was organized at Mansfield, Ohio, August 20 - September 7, 1861, and mustered in for three years of service under the command of Colonel Thomas H. Ford.

The regiment lost during service:

• 5 Officers and 99 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
• 2 Officers and 143 Enlisted men by disease.
  • Total 240.

Field and Staff

Colonels

• Thomas H. Ford
• Benjamin F. Potts
• Jefferson J. Hibbetts

Lieutenant Colonels

• Ebenezer H. Swinney
• Robert H. Bently
• Sheldon Guthrie

Majors

• Sylvester Hewitt
• Abraham M. Crumbecker, promoted from Captain, Company A.
• Isaac B. Post

Surgeons

• John W. Mowry
• James G. Buchannan
• Alfred H. Brundage
• Thomas P. Bond

Chaplains

• William H. Nickerson

Companies

• Company A
  • Abraham Crumbecker
  • Robert Arbuckle
  • Samuel Rigdon
  • Henry J. Turnipseed
• Company B
• Company C
• Company D
• Company E
  • Lt. Milton W Worden
  • Sgt. Hoyt H. Nickerson
• Company F
  • Lyman H. Milner
  • Josiah Longabaugh
• Company F No.2
• Company G
  • David Stokely
• Company H
  • Theodore F. Fisher
  • Karl Schröder (Schrader)
  • Matthias Ridenour
  • Jacob Binker
  • Samuel G. Serrels
  • Louis Westenbarger
  • Francis A. Ashton
  • Jacob Brough
• Company I
  • James C. Warrett
• Company K - Company original muster roll was of 110 men, mostly farmers
  • Wilson M. Stanley
  • Elias W. James
  • Ebenezer Z. Hays
  • Clarkson C. Nichols
  • William H. Jennings
  • James H. Pigman
• F & S Company
  • Robert Bentley
• Unassigned Recruits

Medal of Honor Recipient

• Theo. F. Fisher, Company H, Color Sergeant, for gallant conduct on July 22, 1864. This medal was awarded by the Seventeenth Army Corps and is not a Congressional Medal of Honor.^[1]

Battles and Skirmishes

Battle of Cheat Mountain	Sep 12–15, 1861	Pocahontas and Randolph Counties, VA
Battle of Greenbrier River	Oct 3, 1861	Pocahontas County, VA
Battle of McDowell	May 8, 1862,	Highland County, VA
Battle of Cross Keys	June 8, 1862,	Rockingham County, VA
Battle of Harpers Ferry	September 12–15, 1862	Hapers Ferry, WV
Battle of Port Gibson	May 1, 1863	Port Gibson, MS
Battle of Raymond	May 12, 1863,	Raymond, MS
Battle of Jackson	May 14, 1863	Jackson, MS
Battle of Champion Hill	May 16, 1863	Hinds County, MS
Siege of Vicksburg Assaults May 19 & 22	May 18, 1863 – Jul 4, 1863	Warren County, MS
Atlanta Campaign	May 7, 1863 – Sep 2, 1864	Atlanta, GA
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain	June 27, 1864	Kennesaw, GA
Battle of Atlanta	July 21, 1864	Atlanta, GA
Battle of Jonesborough	August 31–September 1, 1864	Clayton County, GA
Battle of Lovejoy's Station	August 20, 1864	Lovejoy, GA
Sherman's March to the Sea	November 15 - December 21, 1864	GA
Carolinas Campaign	February 1865 – April 26, 1865	Carolinas
Battle of Bentonville	Mar 19 - 21, 1865	Bentonville, NC

Key

Union Victory

Confederate Victory

Inconclusive

Sources

• History of the Thirty-second Regiment : Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry
• National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors Database