This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 87th Ohio Infantry (Three Months’ Service), 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.
- Colonel Henry B. Banning – Commanded regiment; mustered in June 1862.
- Lieutenant Colonel John Faskin – Second in command; mustered in June 1862.
- Major Samuel L. Leffingwell – Mustered in June 1862.
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.
Company K
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, relevant volumes and parts covering Harper’s Ferry and Ohio regimental returns.
- State Adjutant General Report for Ohio (various years; see infantry volumes for 1862).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Volume 2.