History of the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

A BRIEF HISTORY FROM PVT. JOSIAH AYRE

The 105th Ohio was recruited from Lake, Asthtabula, Geauga, Trumbull and Mahoning counties and was Mustered Aug. 21, 1862. The newly formed 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry spent scarely one week in camp at Cleveland, Ohio before moving to Covington, Ky. The 105th received their arms (940 Springfield Rifles), equipment and Government pay on August 22d after arriving in Covington. The regiment was in the field a scant 48 days before being engaged in the battle of Perryville.

SOURCE: The Civil War Diary of Private Josiah Ayre. James Glauser. James Room, Burton Public Library. Burton, Ohio.

OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH REGIMENT

(This regiment was organized at Camp Cleveland, Ohio, August 20 and 21, 1862, to serve three years. It was mustered out of service June 3, 1865, in accordance with orders from the War Department.)

(The official list of battles in which this regiment bore an honorable part is not yet published in orders.)

Colonel.

Lieutenant Colonel
George T. Perkins ........ 31 Jan., 64
(Brevet Colonel March 13, 1865.)

Major.
Charles G. Edwards ......... 31 Jan., 64

Captains.
William R. Tuttle ......... 15 Dec., 62
William Wallace ......... 7 Sept., 63
Henry H. Cummings ...... 16 Mar., 64
Daniel B. Stambaugh .... 3 Aug.,
Reuben G. Morgaridge ... 21 Dec.,
Andrew D. Braden, a. w. m.
Alfred G. Willcox, a. w. m.
Richard J. See, a. w. m.

First Lieutenants.
William H. Osborn ...... 15 Dec., 62
Albert Dickerman, Adj't. 24 Feb., 63
Ira F. Mansfield ........ 30 Nov.,
James W. Allen ........ 5 Mar., 64
S.B. Lockwood, R.Q.M. 16 Mar.,
Alden F. Brooks ...... 1 Apr.,
James Crays .............. 20 Apr.,
Porter Watson ............... 9 June,
Norman D. Smith ............... 3 Aug.,
William C. Olds ................ 21 Dec.,
William H. Forbis ............. 30 Mar., 65
John C. Hartzell, a. w. m.

Second Lieutenants.

Surgeon.
Charles N. Fowler, a. w. m.

Assistant Surgeon.
John Turnbull ............... 14 July, 63

Chaplin
Aaron D. Morton .......... 13 Sept., 64

CASUALTIES.

Promoted, (1.)

First Lieut. Horatio. M. Smith, January 16, 1864, to Captain and A.Q.M.

Resigned, (19.)

Lieut. Colonel William R. Tolles, January 29, 1864.
Captain Edward V. Bowers, December 22, 1862.
Captain Henry P. Gilbert, January 17, 1863.
Captain William S. Crowell, August 2, 1864.
Captain George L. Riker, September 23, 1864.
Captain Patten Himrod, May 5, 1865.
First Lieut. Charles A. Brigden, January 21, 1863.
First Lieut. James H. Bard, March 12, 1863.
First Lieut. Ambrose H. Robbins, Adj't, March 28, 1863.
First Lieut. William H. Clark, May 15, 1863.
First Lieut. Albion W. Tourgee, Dec. 6, 1863.First Lieut. Marshal W. Wright, R.Q.M., April 13, 1864.
Second Lieut. John A. Osborn, January 19, 1863.
Second Lieut. Henry DeLano Niles, February 12, 1863.
Second Lieut. Lester D. Burbank, February 20, 1863.
Second Lieut. Irvin Butler, May 8, 1863.
Second Lieut. Juilus A. Moffett, August 13, 1863.
Second Lieut. Alonzo Chubb, October 19, 1863.
Assistant Surgeon Joseph G. Paulding, April 8, 1863.

Discharged, (1)

Assistant Surgeon Harvey S. Taft, August 10, 1863.

Died, (10)

Colonel Albert S. Hall, July 10, 1863, of disease, at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Captain Robert Wilson, October 8, 1862, of wounds received in action at Chaplin Hills [Perryville], Ky.
Captain L. Dwight Kee, killed in action at Chaplin Hills [Perryville], Ky., Oct. 8, 1862.
Captain E. Abbott Spaulding, September 26, 1863, of wounds received in action at Chickamauga, Tenn.
Captain Ambrose C. Mason, August 27, 1864, of disease, near East Point, Ga.
First Lieut. Leverett A. Barnard, February 17, 1864 of disease, at Windsor, Ohio.
Second Lieut. Henry Adams, February 20, 1863, of disease, at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Second Lieut. Merrit Emerson, June 13, 1863, of disease, at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Chaplain Aaron Van Nostrand, February 27, 1863, of disease, at Painesville, Ohio.

Dismissed, (4)

Captain Sherburn H. Williams, January 13, 1863.
Captain Byron W. Canfield, January 29, 1863.
Captain Henry C. Sweet, May 12, 1863.
First Lieut. William H. Castle, January 10, 1865.

NOTE 1 - No brevet appointments are entered on this register except those announced in General Orders before October 14, 1865.
Note 2 - The roster of officers is given as it stood on the day of muster out.

SOURCE: Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army for the Years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65. Part V. Ohio - Michigan. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, IN COOMPLIANCE WITH THE JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, APPROVED MARCH 2, 1865. p. 202.

DYER'S COMPENDIUM

105th Regiment Infantry. Organized at Cleveland, Ohio, and mustered in August 20, 1862. Ordered to Covington, Ky., August 21, 1862; thence to Lexington, Ky., August 25. March to relief of Nelson August 30. Retreat to Louisville, Ky., September 1-15. Attached to 33rd Brigade, 10th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 33rd Brigade, 10th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 5th Division (Centre), 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 5th Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-12. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Munfordsville, Ky., October 12, and duty there till November 30. Expedition to Cave City October 31 and November 26. Moved to Bledsoe Creek November 30. Operations against Morgan December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. March to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Murfreesboro January 3-11, and duty there till June. Expedition to Auburn, Liberty and Alexandria February 3-5. Expedition to Woodbury March 3-8. Vaught's Hill, near Milton, March 20. Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Shellmound August 21. Reconnoissance toward Chattanooga August 30-31. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Face Ridge February 23-25. Reconnoissance from Ringgold toward Tunnel Hill April 29. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Face Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Operations against; Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-15. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Fayetteville, N. C., March 11. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 3, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 104 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 7 Officers and 126 Enlisted men by disease. Total 240.

History of the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

SOURCE: "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer. Volume 1. Page 44.

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