Wayne County in the Civil War

Wayne County, Ohio Regiments

According to Bowen's History of Wayne County, Ohio, Wayne County, Ohio furnished over 3,200 volunteers from 1861-1865. This did not include a considerable conscript force (page 223).

• 4th Regiment, one company
• 16th Regiment, one company for three months and five companies for three years service
• 41st Regiment, one company
• 120th Regiment, five companies
• 102nd Regiment, three companies
• 107th Regiment, one company
• 169th Regiment, National Guards, three companies
• 85th Regiment, 30 men
• 9th Ohio Cavalry, one company
• small detachments for several artillery companies
• fragmentary enlistments in different infantry organizations

Wayne County, Ohio Men on Board the Sultana

Survivors

• George Anderson, born in Wayne County, Ohio 1838-JUL-20, enlisted in Company F, 102nd O.V.I. at Wooster 1862-AUG-06
• Otto Bardon, born in Wooster, Ohio 1841-AUG-28, enlisted in Company H, 102nd O.V.I. at Wooster 1862-AUG-08
• William A. Christine, born in Wooster, Ohio 1841-SEP-23, enlisted in Company H, 102nd O.V.I. at Wooster 1862-AUG-06
• Philip L. Horn, born in Wooster 1844-OCT-24, enlisted in Company I, 102nd O.V.I. at Wooster 1862-AUG-07
• L. W. McCrory, born in Wayne County 1835-NOV-05, enlisted in Company A, 100th O.V.I. at Portage, Ohio
• George S. Schmutz, born in Congress, Wayne County, Ohio 1846-JUL-22, enlisted in Company I, 102nd O.V.I. at Wooster 1862-AUG-02

Newspaper Clippings

Photographs

Individuals in "Wooster Mess" photo: J. Huntsberger, D. Ammon,
T. McMurray, C. Smith, G. W. Laughridge, O. Bardon,
Joseph Baughman, Perry Miller, John Baney, S. Fogleson,
Patrick Henry McAnaney, Charles Phillips