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51st Regiment, Ohio Infantry
Organized at Camp Dover, Ohio, September 17 to October 26, 1861. Moved to Wellsville November 3, thence to Louisville, Ky., and duty there till December 10. Attached to 15th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December, 1861. 15th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to March, 1862. Unattached, Nashville, Tenn., to June, 1862. 10th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to July, 1862. 23rd Independent Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1862. 23rd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 23rd Brigade, 5th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to June, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to October, 1865. SERVICE.-Duty at Camp Wickliffe, Ky., till February, 1862. Expedition down the Ohio River to reinforce General Grant, thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-25. Occupation of Nashville February 25. Provost duty there till July 9. Moved to Tullahoma, Tenn., and joined Nelson's Division. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-22. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7, and duty there till December 26. Dobbins' Ferry, near Lawrence, December 9. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. At McMinnville till August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountain and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Lookout Mountain November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. Duty at Whiteside till January, 1864. Re-enlisted January 1, 1864. At Blue Springs, near Cleveland, till May. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to September. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. 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 Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Moved to Pulaski, Tenn. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there till March, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. Duty at Nashville, Tenn., till June. Ordered to New Orleans, La., June 16, thence to Texas. Duty at Indianola, Green Lake and Victoria, Texas, to October. Mustered out at Victoria October 3, 1865. Discharged at Columbus, Ohio, November 3, 1865. Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 108 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 233 Enlisted men by disease. Total 346.

Muster roll of Company C, Fifty-first Ohio:
    OFFICERS:
  • B. F. Heskitt, Captain;
  • Allen Gaskill, First Lieutenant
  • James Stonehocker, Second Lieutenant
  • John Q. Winklepleck, First Sergeant
  • Lester P. Emmerson, Second Sergeant
  • William H. Lyons, Third Sergeant
  • Thomas Rodgers, Fourth Sergeant
  • Philip Everhart, Fifth Sergeant
  • Robert B. Ford, First Corporal
  • William Hawk, Second Corporal
  • Milton H. Holliday, Third Corporal
  • William Stonebrook, Fourth Corporal
  • William J. Morris, Fifth Corporal
  • Lewis M. Higbee, Sixth Corporal
  • Wesley Barge, Seventh Corporal
  • Albert Dent, Eighth Corporal
  • James M. Emerson and Chapman Burr, Musicians
  • Isaac Morris, Wagoner

Privates: T. Burkshire, J. W. Brewer, C. W. Bureh, A. Babcock, M. Burr, J. P. Carr, J. A. Carr, S. M. Childs, D. Carnahan, J. Carruthers, E. Cutchall, W. Crogan, A. H. Cosgrave, T. Cosgrave, W. Davis, R. Dewalt, P. Dickey, W. Engle, J. Ferrell, H. Ford, J. Ginther, A. Graham; J. Gray, J. Goodhue, E. Grewell, D. Grewell, J. J. Horn, J. H. Horn, J. A. Ronald, W. H. Hardy, J. Harbold, B. Hevalow, G. Hursley, G. Huston, G. W. Long, N. Larders, J. Long, L. Mowder, W. McFee, S. Miller, J. Miller, M. Morris, M. V. Nargrey, J. W. Neighbor, J. B. Morris, W. Morris, J. Morris, D. Olinger, H. Powers, J. G. Rounbaugh, J. H. Ripley, A. M. Robinson, T. Sharon, A. Scott, T. Spakling, D. Souals, J. D. Stonehocker, F. Spalding, S. H. Spears, R. Stonehocker, M. Smith, W. Stonehocker, J. W. Sayers, G. W. Sells, J. T. Simmers, L. J. Simmers, L. Steffy, C. Lonbry, C. Stewart, R. Scott, G. Snyder, W. H. Wolfe, F. Wolfe, D. L. C. Wood, M. Whellemore, G. Wise, E. Williamson and J. Wolfe.

    The following additional information was provided by Chad Weckler:

      My ancestor, Ebenezer Williamson (1841-1937), was born at White Eyes, Coshocton Co., Ohio, and died at Eldon, Wapello Co., Iowa.
      Served as a private in Co. C 51st Ohio Vol. Inf. Enlisted 9/3/1861 - Mustered 9/17/1861 - Discharged 12/30/1862.
      Re-Enlisted 5/2/1864 in Co. C 143rd Ohio Inf. - Mustered 5/15/1864 - Discharged 9/13/1864.
      The above information is from his Pension records. I am still going over this file for additional information. He was not wounded, but suffered from chronic ailments.

Muster roll company D, Fifty-first Ohio:
    OFFICERS:
  • William Patton, Captain
  • John North, First Lieutenant
  • Samuel Stephens, Second Lieutenant
  • Alonzo Barton, First Sergeant
  • E. C. Conn, Second Sergeant
  • Samuel Payer, Third Sergeant
  • Thomas A. Reed, Fourth Sergeant
  • Peter L. Phillips, Fifth Sergeant
  • Thomas Dickerson, First Corporal
  • John Q. Ogan, Second Corporal
  • John E. Smith, Third Corporal
  • Clark M. Bell, Fourth Corporal
  • John W. Graves, Fifth Corporal
  • John Parrish, Sixth Corporal
  • Jonathan Phillips, Seventh Corporal
  • John Patton, Eighth Corporal

Privates: J. W.. Barkhurst, George W. $ell, William Briant, John T. Bonre, Sidney Bonre, Samuel Bagnoll, James Blackford, W. Blackford, Joseph Corder, Joseph N. Corder, J. T. Daugherty, J. Dusenberry, J. C. Dickerson, W. H. Dickerson, L. Dusenberry, John Demons, David Evans, N. Everson, Jacob Fulks, Van Buren Fulks, Laban Guillians, Asa H. Giffin, Robert Gibson, William Griffee, W. H. Howell, William Irwin, William Jones, B. F. Jones, William Kimble, Gabriel Kincaid, David L. Lash, Martin Latier, Stanton Mains, John McCoy, Samuel McCoy, Isaac Middleton, Daniel F. Mack, Jacob Mansfield, Arthur McCiver, Phillip McGuinn, John C. Morris, John W. Morris, John Nixon, Laban Ogle, Evans Greens, William Ogle, Christopher Oft, James M. Peoples William Phillips, A. Passmore, Josiah Passmore, Madison Pomeroy, James Pierce, Martin Roberts, E. Randles, John Richcreek, Eli Richards, Benjamin Rasan, Isaac Randles, John Reed, Gaton A. Settles, James Stephens, Joseph Stanford, Thomas Smailes, W. R. Smith, William Smith, W. C. Thomas, Thomas Titus, Martin Thicker, L. Thicker, Levi Williams, David Weaver, Thomas Wright, J. W. Chalfant, Sanford Carter, John A. Young.

Muster roll Company F, Fifty-first Ohio:
    OFFICERS:
  • D. W. Marshall, Captain;
  • J. M. McClintock, First Lieutenant
  • J. M. Frew, Second Lieutenant
  • Carl F. Mosher, First Sergeant
  • Charles McMichael, Second Sergeant
  • Robert Hackinson, Third Sergeant
  • James H. Hay, Fourth Sergeant
  • Robert; B. Beardsley, Fifth Sergeant
  • Sidney Harper, First Corporal
  • William Retilley, Second Corporal
  • Allan Platt, Third Corporal;
  • David Stollard, Fourth Corporal
  • John W. Wilson, Fifth Corporal
  • George V. Ferguson, Sixth Corporal
  • Nicholas H. Bassett, Seventh Corporal
  • William H. King, Eighth Corporal
  • Ralph McClintock, Musician
  • Levi McMichael, Wagoner

Privates: James M. Agner, Jesse P. Arnold, James Banford, Samuel Barclay, Frederick Birth, William F. Batty, Edwin W. Bell, Charles M. Belknap, Frederick Blaser, Franklin Blaser, John Brown, Oliver Browning, William B. Bryant, William Carr, L; Cartright, Mathias Crater, James H. Davis, Presley Davis, Walter Davis, David Douling, Joab Douling, Sylvester A. Ellis, Charles Eckhart, John Foster, John G Fox, Isaac B. Finney, John Flynn, Samuel Gertch. Martin Hart, Lucien Harbaugh, Thomas Heslip, John Hilliker Charles Hopp, David Husson, Peter Johnson, Albert Layton, Jacob Lahr, Jacob Lenhart, George W. Long, E. Loringe, George M. Matson, Charles F. Meek, David Minnick, Ezra Minnick, George W. Miller, J. Montgomery, Isaac Morrison, John W. Mowry, George Murphy, James H. McMichael, Lloyd Rhineman, Martin Rositer, T. A. Southwell, William H. Starkey, George W. Sipes, William Smith, N. H. Smith, Asa Sellers, John Smailes, J. D. Stonehocker, Samuel Stucker, Ryan Sibley, Eli W. Thomas, James Ury, Hiram J. Vance, George Vanhorn, William A. Wales, William Welch, A. M. Williams, D. W. Wilsori, Charles W. Wilson, John Wier, Robert Wier, Reuben D. Wright.

Muster Roll of Company H, Fifty-first Ohio:
    OFFICERS:
  • John D. Nicholas, Captain;
  • Charles Donley, First Lieutenant
  • William Nicholas, Second Lieutenant
  • Robert Cunning, First Sergeant
  • Edgar J. Pecock, Second Sergeant
  • Benjamin D. Day, Third Sergeant
  • Henry F. Buck, Fourth Sergeant
  • David L. Barton, Fifth Sergeant
  • Samuel Holtishaum, First Corporal
  • Charles M. Pike, Second Corporal
  • Joseph H. Shuck, Third Corporal
  • Charles Craige, Fourth Corporal
  • Washington Cain, Fifth Corporal
  • Simpson McFadden, Sixth Corporal
  • Solomon Duncan, Seventh Corporal
  • Henry Bird, Eighth Corporal

Privates: Aaron Albert, John Armstrong, William Adams, Philip Bash, William C. Barnes, J. P. Cooper, A. C. Brink, Wilson Buck, Franklin Buck, Charles Pelser, C. Batenhead, James Brister, Jack Cain, E. B. Crawford, George Carnehan, James Crelly, Samuel Conins, N. C. Davis, J. G. Dougherty P. Dougherty, J. B. Dewalt, M. Davidson, W. Davidson, John Darnes, John Davidson, George Edwards, T. J. Edwards, J. Flemming, David Gibson, Thomas Hogle, T. C. Hutchinson, S. Wotterboum, Samuel Hoobler, W. B. Jennings, Jacob Jones, David Jones, N. Jones, R. E. Carr, L. Locklin, L. Larengood, John Larengood, J. D. Luke, John Lennon, Joseph Linn, M. Kugler, Levi Joce, Samuel Luke, J. Martin, G. Morrow, J. Murphy, L. Miller, W. Miller, J. Moore, J. Nelson, D. Nachdouns, T. Phillips, R. Phillips, John Parry, T. Retherford, C. Richardson, L. Row, S: K. Barger, N. Smith, K. M. Smith, E. Stippy, G. Shellinery, N. Shannon, W. B. Shannon, A. Sertt, R. V. Thompson, Henry Undine, Jacob Wolf, John G. Wolf, M. Wilson, John Wier, W. C. Workman, L. Wise, John Walker, R. B. Whtaker, Frederic Auguste Geiogue.

Muster Roll of Company I, Fifty-first Ohio:
    OFFICERS:
  • Jams M. Crooks, Captain;
  • William Moore, First Lieutenant
  • Louis Crooks, Second Lieutenant
  • Ulysses B. Kinsey, First Sergeant
  • William McCoy, Second Sergeant
  • Henry Hazlebarger, Third Sergeant
  • James McFarland, Fourth Sergeant
  • John A. Weatherwax, Fifth Sergeant
  • John Crooks, First Corporal
  • Andrew J. Stover, Second Corporal
  • Hysam Sapp, Third Corporal
  • Isaac McNeal, Fourth Corporal
  • John Willis, Fifth Corporal
  • Jackson Williams, Sixth Corporal
  • Andrew J. Holmes, Seventh Corporal
  • Lyman B. Church, Eighth Corporal
  • William Calkglesser, John M. White, Musicians
  • John Cochran, Wagoner

Privates, A. Ammons, John Ammons, S. Anderson, James G. Arnold, Charles W. Barr, John Barnes, William Barnes, Orin M. Baker, Harrison Bible, Lewis Bible, W. Buckalew, L. D. Bricker, N. D. Carpenter, Henry Crooks, John Dewitte, Jacob Dahler, Lyman Dial, Lorenzo D. Dial, C. Comstock, William Evans, Thomas Elliott, David Firecoat, John Fox, Francis D. Hains, John Hunter, G. Hoglebarger, J. Hofstuttler, Isaac Hardsock, George W. Hess, Josiah Hoagland, A. Hoagland, George Kline, John Kelsey, Leander Kinsey, John Livingstone, I. Livingstone, F. M. Landers, R. McFarlin, S. McNeal, Samuel McCoy, William Mobler, L. Matticks, Jonathan Mullet, Samuel Mullet, William Duller, Peter M. Duller, Jacob Duller, John McConnell, Francis Oglevie, Joseph N. Rollins, O. Richeson, John Smith, William Sapp, Tames L. Stone, Calvin A. Stone, J. O. Sitteran, W. C. Sullivan, Joseph Sigman, Isaac Sickles, W. Teters, C. C. Thompson, Thomas Beefe, Daniel Trump, Albert Ulman, I. Vanscootor, Harrison Walton, John Wilson.

  • Contributed by Don Wiggins

    • John D. Baker, age 19, a farmer, enlisted and was mustered in Company H, 51st Regiment of the Ohio Infantry Volunteers at Newark, Ohio on 26 February 1864 and served continuously through his discharge date. His service included a stay in the hospital at Nashville, Tenn. beginning June 12, 1865 through 12 August 1865 when he was detailed to the Judge Advocate's Office at Nashville, Tenn. By this time, his company and regiment were in Victoria, Texas. His file shows that John D. Baker served on detail as an orderly with the JA's office until 13 November 1865. The muster rolls indicate he was mustered out with the rest of the company and regiment on 3 October 1865 at Victoria, Texas. However, his official orders to return to Columbus for muster-out were dated 14 November 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee.

    Note: John D. Baker (1845-1917) lived in Coshocton County most of his life, marrying in 1866 Charlotte Hawk Newell (1842-1916), a widow with a young son. Charlotte and John had five sons and two daughters; all lived to adulthood. Many of their descendants still live in the area. John and Charlotte Baker were buried in Plainfield Cemetery, Linton Twp.

    Source for military service: Complete Civil War Military File of: John D. Baker, Company H, 51st Ohio Infantry, National Archives of the United States, Washington, D. C.

    Isaiah Abednego Baker, age 23, a farmer, enlisted with Company H of the 51st Regiment OVI on 15 February 1865. It was his second enlistment, the first in Company D, 16th Regiment OVI, discharge date of 18 Aug 1861. He joined the 51st OVI at Huntsville, Alabama in March 1865. Isaiah was mustered out October 3, 1865 at Victoria, Texas and died enroute to Ohio on the regimental hospital train near near Cairo, Illinois 26 October 1865. Isaiah left a widow, Nancy J. Booth Baker, but no surviving children. His grave site is in Claypoint Cemetery, Lafayette Twp.

    Source: Complete Civil War Military File of: Isaiah A. Baker, Company H, 51st Ohio Infantry, and Widow's Application for Pension: #119211, Cert. 86483, National Archives of the United States, Washington, D. C..

  • Contributed by: Judy Baker
    judekb@frontiernet.net