This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 2nd 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
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company H
- Captain Campbell Dougherty – Organized the company at Findlay, Ohio, September–October 1861; mustered in November 30, 1861; assigned as Company H, Birge’s Western Sharpshooters.
- Other officers and enlisted men – 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
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Unassigned Recruits
Some members may have been transferred or consolidated with other companies or regiments during the course of service. Specific names and assignments are not fully detailed in available primary sources.
Consolidations or Transfers
The 2nd Ohio Independent Company Sharpshooters was assigned as Company H, Birge’s Western Sharpshooters, later designated the 66th Illinois Infantry. The company retained its independent designation until reenlistment as veterans, after which it was known by letter only.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, relevant volumes and parts covering Western Sharpshooters and Army of the Cumberland operations.
- State Adjutant General Report for Ohio (various years; see volumes covering independent companies and sharpshooters).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Vol. 2.