34th Ohio Infantry

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34th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Ohio flag
Active	August 26, 1862 to June 24, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Battles/wars	Battle of Cloyd's Mountain Battle of Winchester Battle of Cedar Creek

The 34th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents 1 Service 2 Casualties 3 Colonels 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Service

The 34th Ohio was raised at Camp Lucas, Ohio on September 1, 1861.

The regiment voted to re-enlist on December 23, 1863, and was re-mustered as a veteran regiment on January 19, 1864.

The regiment was amalgamated with the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment on February 22, 1865.

[edit] Casualties

The 34th Ohio suffered 10 Officers and 120 enlisted men killed in battle or died from wounds, and 130 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 260 fatalities.[1]

[edit] Colonels

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive

[edit] See also

• Ohio in the Civil War

Ohio in the American 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: "Fort Fizzle" - Morgan's Raid - Battle of Buffington Island - Battle of Salineville 1864-65: Hundred Days Men - Ohio's generals and admirals - Ohio's regiments - Cincinnati in the Civil War - Cleveland in the Civil War - Buckeye POWs and the Sultana Post-war memorialization: Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument