This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 3rd Ohio Independent Company Sharpshooters, organized by Field & Staff and Companies A through K. 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
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
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
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Company H
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Company I
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company K
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Non-Commissioned Staff
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Unassigned Recruits
Records for unassigned recruits are incomplete in the available sources.
Consolidations or Transfers
The 3rd Ohio Independent Company Sharpshooters was assigned as Company K of Birge’s Western Sharpshooters (later 66th Illinois Infantry), but retained its independent designation until reenlistment as veterans. Some details of transfers and consolidations are incomplete in surviving records.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, relevant volumes and parts.
- State Adjutant General Report for Ohio (various years; volumes and pages as available).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Volume 2.