Federal Regiment

30th Ohio Infantry

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
  Col. Hugh Ewing
  LCol. Theodore Jones
  Maj. George H. Hildt

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Ninth Army Corps
  Division - Kanawha Division, 9th Corps
  Brigade - 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division, 9th Corps

Unit history

"Organized August 28th, 1861, under Colonel John Groesbeck, who was soon succeeded by Colonel Hugh Ewing, it served in West Virginia, in detachments, until August, 1862, when it was transferred to the Army of the Potomac and participated in the battles of Centerville, South Mountain and Antietam."

Statistics

Initial Strength: not known; Killed in Action (KIA): 28; Wounded (WIA): 87; Captured (POW): 17;

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #7: Burnside Attacks the Lower Bridge (10 am-1 pm)
Detail Map #12: Burnside's Ninth Corps Climbs Toward Sharpsburg (3-4 pm)
Detail Map #13: AP Hill's Division Hits Burnside's Flank (4-5 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #56: Ninth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 16 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #59: Kanawha Division, Ninth Army Corps - 16 Sep, 6 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #61: Ewing's Brigade, Kanawha Division - 16 Sep, 6 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #122: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #70, cont: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 3 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #70: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #57: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM

After the Antietam Campaign

"In January, 1863, the Regiment joined Grant's Army near Vicksburg, and took part in the investment of that stronghold. After the surrender it pursued Johnston to Jackson; returning went into camp at Black River. The 30th moved with Sherman to Tennessee and assaulted Mission Ridge. In January, 1864, it re-enlisted, and after a furlough to Ohio, joined Sherman's Atlanta campaign, and participated the battles of Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel, Jonesboro and Lovejoy's Station. It followed Sherman to the sea and took part in the successful assault on Fort McAllister, and after the fall of Savannah marched through the Carolinas on to Washington. It proceeded to Louisville in June, and to Arkansas in July, 1865, when it soon after returned to Ohio, and was mustered out August 22nd, 1865."
(from Stevens)

References & Notes

See a large bibliography and brief history of the Regiment from Larry Stevens.

We have 57 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Howard, Henry	KIA 09/14
A	Pvt	Nagler, Leonard	KIA 09/14
A	Pvt	Shouberty, Peter	MWIA 09/14
A	Corp	Wolf, Adolph	KIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Wolfe, Henry F.	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	George, Albert	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	McCoy, Joseph	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Snyder, Harland B.	MWIA 09/14
C	Pvt	Baker, Alexander L.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Beal, John A.	KIA 09/17
C	Corp	Buchanan, Alexander
C	Sgt	Carter, William	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Nicholas, William	KIA 09/17
C	Corp	Rutherford, George E.	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Allton, James E.	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Ewers, Edmund J.	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Fluhart, William A.	MWIA 09/17
D	Corp	Howerth, Samuel
D	Pvt	Jadwin, Isaac	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Noble, John	MWIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Noble, William	MWIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Young, Lewis	KIA 09/14
E	Lt	Brinkerhoff, Henry Rowan
E	Pvt	Hudson, Joseph	KIA 09/14
F	Capt	Brown, John	POW 09/17
F	Pvt	Hess, William	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	McCune, Joseph R.	KIA 09/14
F	Sgt	White, Nathan J.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Barrett, Anderson	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Chamberlain, Thomas	WIA 09/14
G	Pvt	Horner, Samuel Grafton	KIA 09/14
G	Pvt	Jackson, James	KIA 09/14
G	Pvt	Merritt, Aretas E.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Mushrush, Hiram	WIA 09/14
G	Corp	O'Harra, John	MWIA 09/14
G	Pvt	Scherlott, John	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Camp, Isaac	KIA 09/14
H	Pvt	Clayton, William A.	KIA 09/14
H	Pvt	Davis, Thomas	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Bowers, William S.	WIA 09/16
I	Pvt	Fribley, Jacob	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	McMurter, James	MWIA 09/14
I	Pvt	Reed, John	KIA 09/14
I	Corp	Taylor, David	KIA 09/16
I	Lt	Wilson, Stephen B.	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Atherton, John F.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Barton, Charles W.	KIA 09/17
K	Lt	Furbay, Reese R.	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Hayes, David	MWIA 09/14
K	Pvt	James, Thomas J.	KIA 09/14
K	Pvt	Larrick, John H.	KIA 09/14
K	Pvt	McKitrick, William	KIA 09/14
K	Pvt	Summons, Richard	MIA (n) 09/17
F&S	Lt	Duffield, Charles L.	MWIA 09/17
F&S	Col	Ewing, Hugh Boyle
F&S	Maj	Hildt, George Henry
F&S	LCol	Jones, Theodore	WIA/POW 09/17

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