United States Regiments & Batteries > Ohio


The 142nd Ohio Infantry Regiment lost 1 officer and 42 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1864
Organized at Camp Chase. Ohio. It was one of the “Hundred Days Men regiments” intended for short term rear echelon duties in the summer of 1864.
September 13 Mustered in under Colonel William C. Cooper
May 14 Moved to Martinsburg, W. Va.
May 19-June 3 To Washington, D.C. and duty at Fort Lyons attached to 2nd Brigade, De-Russy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps.
June 7 Embarked at Alexandria. Va., for White House, Va.
June 9-14 Duty guarding supply trains through the Wilderness near Cold Harbor
June 15 Moved to Point of Rocks, Va., and duty there with Army of the James, 10th Corps, 3rd Division, 2nd Brigade
August 19 Ordered home
September 2 Mustered out