6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

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The 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was a U.S. Army regiment during the American Civil War.

The regiment's Colonel and commander was Nicholas Longworth Anderson. On March 13, 1865 he was brevetted to the rank of Major General Brigadier General, for "gallant conduct and meritorious services in the battle of Stone's River, Dec. 31, 1862" and for "distinguished gallantry and meritorious conduct in the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19 and 20, 1863".^[1]

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1. ^ *Find A Grave: Nicholas Longworth Anderson

Ohio in the Civil War

1861: Early military recruiting - Camp Chase - Camp Dennison - Department of the Ohio - McClellan's Buckeyes seize western Virginia - Fighting McCooks - Johnson's Island POW camp 1862: Anti-war movement - Knights of the Golden Circle - First Confederate incursion into Ohio - Defense of Cincinnati - Black Brigade of Cincinnati 1863: Morgan's Raid - Battle of Buffington Island - Battle of Salineville 1864-65: Hundred Days Men - Ohio's generals and admirals - Ohio's regiments - Cleveland in the Civil War - Buckeye POWs and the Sultana Post-war memorialization: Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument