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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
One of the greatest disasters of the Civil War was the explosion of the steamer, Sultana, on the Mississippi river on April 27, 1865. On board that day were 2,200 Union soldiers, many of whom were exchanged prisoners of war who were on their way to their Northern homes after many months of suffering in Southern prisons. There were roughly 400 men that survived the explosion and approximately 1,700 killed. On board at the time of the disaster were 130 men of the 102nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry from Wayne, Holmes, Richland, and Ashland counties; many of whom perished.
Survivors Native to Wayne County, Ohio
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./Harmon 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, Ohio 1844-OCT-24, enlisted in Company I, 102nd O.V.I. at Wooster 1862-AUG-07
L. W. McCrory, born in Wayne County, Ohio 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
Perished Native to Wayne County, Ohio
Henry Bahl
Amos Brenizer
Gideon Harrington
James Huntzberger
Joseph E. McKelvey
Benjamin Musser, Jr.
Godrey H. Omwig
Cyrus Smith
Sultana Related Documents
Wayne County Democrat 1885-APR-29 p.3
Jacksonian 1892-AUG-11 p.3
Wayne County Democrat 1912-APR-24 p.3
George Anderson recalls the Sultana explosion.
Otto Bardon recalls the Sultana explosion.
William A. Christine recalls the Sultana explosion.
Phil L. Horn recalls the Sultana explosion.
George Schmutz recalls the Sultana explosion.
L. W. McCrory recalls the Sultana explosion.
Newspaper Clippings
Captain George Perry Emrich resigns in 1863. Wooster Republican 1863-APR-02 p.3
Local Wooster, Ohio politics during the Civil War in 1864.
It is noted that an un-named man from Rowsburg, Ohio hired a Wooster, Ohio black-american substitute to take his place in the military during the Civil War. Source- Wayne County Democrat 1879-SEP-24 p.2
Dr. J. D. Robison of Wooster, Ohio recorded as first doctor to perform an amputation during the Civil War.
Short sketch of Captain James McMillen service during the Civil War. Wayne County Democrat 1902-SEP03 p.3
Col. Wanted that Bird-Civil War tale. Wooster Republican 1917-JUL-05 p.5
Capt. Rouch tells a tale of the Civil War.
Orrville, Ohio citizen, Rebecca White, owned a Civil War era southern newspaper printed on wall paper.
Photographs
102nd OVI, Co. H. 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
Charles Bolus, 4th O.V.I. 1861-1864. The Billboard, 1905-APR-22 p.18
Samuel Christine
Copy of CDV photograph of Robert E. Eddy as Captain of the 60th O.V.I. Co. B that he organized in Wooster, Ohio.
Copy of a tintype photograph of Robert E. Eddy (right) and unknown soldier while serving in the 86th O.V.I. in 1863.
Image of George P. Emrich.
Image of CDV photograph of an unidentified Civil War officer. Photographed by W. N. Jones. Possibly an image of Capt. George Perry Emrich.
William Hughes front of CDV card
William Hughes back of CDV card
Image of George C. Race from an original tintype held in the collection of the Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio.
Image of an unknown teenage boy soldier, c.1862, from an original tintype held in the collection of the Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio.