30th Ohio Infantry (original) (raw)

compiled by Larry Stevens

References for this Unit

• see also Bibliography of State-Wide References
• Ohio In The War-Volume II. Whitelaw Reid. Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin. Cincinnati 1868
• History of the Thirtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from its Organization to the Fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Henry R. Brinkerhoff. 112 pgs. J.W. Osgood Printer. Columbus. 1863
• Company I of the Thirtieth Ohio. pgs. 105 and 107. Combination Atlas Map of Tuscarawas County Ohio. L.H. Everts & Co. Philadelphia. PA. 1875
• National Tribune. A Capital Story About the Fifteenth Corps Badge. Anonymous. Kingston, Ohio. May 31, 1883
• National Tribune. That Charge of Harrow's Division. "ABC." June 14, 1883. (Battle of Atlanta 22 July 1864)
• National Tribune. Reno's Death. A.B. Crummel. August 23, 1883
• National Tribune. De Grasse's Battery. What a Comrade Saw Around the Howard House. A.B. Crummel. September 10, 1885
• National Tribune. Antietam. Joseph E. Walton. April 15, 1886
• National Tribune. Antietam. A 30th Ohio Man Tells About the Fight. David Edwards. July 15, 1886
• National Tribune. Death of Col. Rogers. C.W. Buvinger. July 22, 1886. (Battle of Corinth)
• National Tribune. Antietam. The 30th Ohio Man Tells About the Fight. Joseph E. Walton. July 22, 1886
• National Tribune. The 30th Ohio. March Through South Carolina - At Columbia. J.E. Walton. August 5, 1886
• National Tribune. Antietam and Columbia. Comrade Walton Ably Defends His Articles on These Two Fights. J.E. Walton. September 23, 1886
• National Tribune. The 30th Ohio. Some Reminiscences of the Battle of Antietam. J.E. Walton. December 31, 1886
• What Ohio Regiment Captured the First Rebel Flag? by A.B. Crummel. Co. H. 30th OVI. Concerns the skirmishers of 30th OVI at Carnifax Ferry West Virginia. September 11, 1861. pg. 91. The Ohio Soldier and National Picket Guard. September 24, 1887. Chillicothe. Ohio
• National Tribune. Ezra Chapel. Albert B. Crummell. Pvt. Co. H. April 26, 1888
• National Tribune. Mission Ridge. J.E. Walton. November 1, 1888
• National Tribune. Settling the Question. J.E. Walton. January 6, 1898. (Vicksburg - 22 May 1863 Assault)
• National Tribune. Incidents at Vicksburg. Thomas H. Preston. March 31, 1898.
• National Tribune. Scouting and Foraging. Charles H. Preston. April 21, 1898. Probably Thomas H. Preston. (Sherman's March to the Sea)
• National Tribune. At South Mountain. J.E. Walton. October 6, 1898
• National Tribune. The Western Army. J.E. Walton. April 24, 1902
• Thirtieth Ohio Infantry. by Major J.T. Moore. pgs. 75-81. Ohio at Antietam. Report of the Ohio Antietam Battlefield Commission. By D. Cunningham and W.W. Miller. Springfield Publishing Company. State Printers. Springfield. Ohio. 1904
• National Tribune. Before Vicksburg. William F. Townsend. February 16, 1905
• National Tribune. Battle of Ezra Church. James S. Horner. September 7, 1905
• 30th Regiment Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Record by Sergeant Joseph B. Allen. pgs. 54-60. Ohio at Vicksburg. Report of the Ohio Vicksburg Battlefield Commission. by William P. Gault. Late Sergt. Co. F. 78th O.V.I. Secretary to the Commission. NP. Columbus? Ohio. 1906
• National Tribune. Torpedoes at Fort McAllister. L.C. Huffines. March 14, 1907
• National Tribune. Fort McAllister. James S. Horner. July 11, 1907
• National Tribune. Missionary Ridge. Captain Emory W. Muenscher. Co. I. April 8, 1909
• National Tribune. The Charge on Fort Hill. Lyman Hardman. November 4, 1909
• National Tribune. It Was the 30th Ohio. J.E. Walton. September 29, 1910. (Vicksburg - 22 May 1863 Assault)
• National Tribune. Storming the Fort. The 30th Ohio Led the Charge, and Bully Jack Climbed Up and Placed the Headquarters' Flag. Sgt. Andrew Sahmauch. Co. A. February 2, 1911. (Vicksburg - 22 May 1863 Assault)
• History of Jerome Township. Union County, Ohio. by W.L. Curry. Press of Edward T. Miller Co. Columbus. Ohio. 1913. Contains a history of the 30th OVI on pgs 95-99.
• National Tribune. What One Bullet Did. Captain Emory W. Muenscher. Co. I. April 27, 1916
• National Tribune. Tunneling at Vicksburg. J.E. Walton. November 2, 1916
• National Tribune. Sharpshooting at Vicksburg. J.E. Walton. February 15, 1917
• National Tribune. The 30th Ohio at Columbia. J.E. Walton. May 15, 1929
• National Tribune. Premonition of Death. J.E. Walton. September 19, 1924. (South Mountain)
• Emory W. Muencher Papers. Emory W. Muencher. Co. I. 30th O.V.I. Papers, 1850-1915 and undated, include his handwritten personal journals, documenting his life and that of the 30th Ohio Infantry, which were written after the Civil War. There are personal journals, 1856-1860, 1848-1864, and 1864-1865 and typed transcriptions, 1856- 1860 and 1864-1865. .75 cubic foot (in 2 boxes). Unpublished Civil War Material. Clarke Historical Library. Central Michigan University. Mount Pleasant. Michigan
• Hugh Ewing Papers. Colonel Hugh Ewing. 30th OVI. Papers 1841-1893. 2.5 cubic feet. Call# MSS108. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• Theodore Jones Papers. Colonel Theodore Jones. 30th OVI. Papers 1813-1900. .25 cubic foot. Call# MSS64. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• George Hildt Letters and Diary. Lt. Colonel George H. Hildt. 30th OVI. Typescripts of letters and diary, 1862-1865. 2 volumes in 1 Box. Call# VOL 548. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• Captain John H. Groce. by Charles G. Will. pgs 2-6. Pickaway Quarterly. June. 1962
• Major Cunningham's Journal, 1862. David Cunningham. 30th OVI. Edited by Elizabeth Cometti. pgs. 187-211. West Virginia History. Vol. 34. January. 1973
• Unit Bibliography. U.S. Army Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks. PA. 1995
• 30th OVI Monument. Vicksburg National Military Park. 3201 Clay Street. Vicksburg. MS. 39180. 1998
• Letter of Sgt. Erasmus J. Allton. Erasmus J. Allton. Co. D 30th Ohio Infantry. Transcribed in Web Format by Larry Stevens. Newark. Ohio. 1998

Captain Joseph Dickerson Co. B
Courtesy of and Copyright © L.M. Strayer Collection

History

Organized August 28th, 1861, under Colonel John Groesbeck, who was soon succeeded by Colonel Hugh Ewing, it served in West Virginia, in detachments, until August, 1862, when it was transferred to the Army of the Potomac and participated in the battles of Centerville, South Mountain and Antietam. In January, 1863, the Regiment joined Grant's Army near Vicksburg, and took part in the investment of that stronghold. After the surrender it pursued Johnston to Jackson; returning went into camp at Black River. The 30th moved with Sherman to Tennessee and assaulted Mission Ridge. In January, 1864, it re-enlisted, and after a furlough to Ohio, joined Sherman's Atlanta campaign, and participated the battles of Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel, Jonesboro and Lovejoy's Station. It followed Sherman to the sea and took part in the successful assault on Fort McAllister, and after the fall of Savannah marched through the Carolinas on to Washington. It proceeded to Louisville in June, and to Arkansas in July, 1865, when it soon after returned to Ohio, and was mustered out August 22nd, 1865.

From Dyer's Compendium

30th Regiment Infantry. Organized at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, August 28, 1861. Moved to Clarksburg, W. Va., August 30-September 2, thence moved to Weston and to Suttonville September 3-6. Attached to Scammon's Brigade, District of the Kanawha, W. Va., to October, 1861. 3rd Brigade, District of the Kanawha, W. Va., to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division West Virginia, Dept. of the Mountains, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division, District of West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Action at Carnifex Ferry, W. Va., September 10, 1861. Advance to Sewell Mountain September 24, thence to Falls of the Gauley. Operations in the Kanawha Valley and New. River Region October 19-November 16. Moved to Fayetteville November 14, and duty there till April 17, 1862. (Cos. "D," "F," "G" and "I" served detached at Sutton September 6-December 23, 1861, then rejoined Regiment at Fayetteville.) Advance on Princeton April 22-May 5. About Princeton May 15-18. Moved to Flat Top Mountain May 19, and duty there till August. Moved to Washington, D.C., August 16-22. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia. Right Wing at Gen. Pope's Headquarters till September 3. Left Wing in Robertson's Brigade till August 31. Battles of Bull Run August 28-30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17. March to Clear Springs October 8, thence to Hancock October 9. March to the Kanawha Valley October 12-November 13. Camp at Cannelton November 13-December 1. Expedition toward Logan Court House December 1-10. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., December, thence to Helena, Ark., and to Young's Point, La., January 21, 1863. Duty there till March. Expedition to Rolling Fork via Muddy, Steele's and Black Bayous and Deer Creek March 14-27. Demonstrations against Haines and Drumgould's Bluffs April 27-May 1. Movement to Join Army in rear of Vicksburg, Miss., via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2-14. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July-4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Big Black till September 26. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence marched to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 26-November 20. Sequatchie Valley October 5. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Bear Creek, Tuscumbia, October 27. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 24-25. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville November 27-December 8. Moved to Bridgeport, Ala., December 19, thence to Bellefonte Station December 26, and to Larkin's Ferry January 26, 1864. Moved to Cleveland, Tenn., Veterans absent on furlough April and May. Rejoined Regiment at Kingston. Ga. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8, 1864. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Clinton November 21-23. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Fort McAllister December 13. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Duck Branch, near Loper's Cross Roads, S.C., February 2. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 11-13. Columbia February 16-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 2, thence to Little Rock, Ark., June 25, and duty there till August. Mustered out August 13, 1865. Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 119 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 149 Enlisted men by disease. Total 277.

Companies by County

Company A Portsmouth, Scioto County
Company B Cadiz, Harrison County
Company C Downington, Athens County
Company D New Lexington, Perry County
Company E Jerome, Union County
Company F Washington, Guernsey County
Company G Steubenville, Jefferson County
Company H Circleville, Pickaway County
Company I New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County
Company K Caldwell, Noble County

Companies From: History of the Thirtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from its Organization to the Fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Henry R. Brinkerhoff. 112 pgs. J.W. Osgood Printer. Columbus. 1863

Thanks to Dr. Richard A. Sauers for the initial research and indexing of the National Tribune articles.

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