This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 8th Ohio Infantry (Three Months’ Service), organized by Field & Staff and Companies A through I. Information is drawn from 19th-century state adjutant general reports, the Official Records, and verified regimental histories.
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For an overview of this regiment’s organization, service, engagements, and casualties, see the regiment summary page.
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Field & Staff
- Colonel Herman G. Depuy – Mustered in April 1861; commanded regiment during three months’ service.
- Lieutenant Colonel Freeman E. Franklin – Mustered in April 1861.
- Major Henry F. Willson – Mustered in April 1861.
- Other Field & Staff officers – Records for additional staff officers are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company A
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company B
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company C
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company D
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company E
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company F
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company G
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company H
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company I
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Consolidations or Transfers
After the expiration of the three months’ service, all companies except Company I reenlisted for three years’ service and formed the 8th Ohio Infantry (Three Years’ Service). Company I was mustered out in August 1861, except for eight men who transferred to the new three years’ regiment.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series III, Vol. 1, relevant muster and organizational reports.
- State Adjutant General Report for Ohio (1861, Vol. 1, relevant pages).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Vol. 2.