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to the
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
51st Regiment
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Latest Update...12 February, 1999
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Information about the History of Regt.
Sharing of information and research results.
Personal info. on individuals in Regt.
Queries about those who served in Regt.
List of individuals doing historical and genealogical research on Regt.
Links to other related Civil War Sites.
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Table of Contents
Read about the Men from the 51st
Did You Know?....Facts about the Civil War.
Roll of Honor
History of the 51st.
Roster Information.
Reenactor's Notes.
Biographical Sketches of Soldiers ( Check out all of the new sketches including four brothers of the Crooks family who all served in the 51st....... Also an interesting sketch of Noah Yoder of Co.G. and how he was wounded 8 times! )
Links to other Civil War Sites.
Did You Know?....Facts about the Civil War.
who were on the steamer Sultana.
Men from the 51st on the Sultana
The following information was gleaned from the Roll of Honor and the Official Roster of the 51st OVI, and from Jerry O. Potter's list of men who were aboard the Sultana when she exploded on April 27th, 1865. Loaded with over 2300 Union soldiers (nearly 800 of whom were from Ohio regiments) who had survived Andersonville and Cahaba prison camps and were headed for home. More than 1800 of these men died when the boilers exploded and the ship burned and sank on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee.
Among those aboard the Sultana that night were nine men
from the 51st Regiment.
Co. B
Phillips, William.....survived. On Potter's list but not found on official roster.
Co. C
Norris, Joseph.....survived. (note...more infomation as soon as available)
Co. D
Demoss, John....survived. Private, 18 at enlistment on Sept. 15th, 1861 for 3 years. Captured Sept. 20.1863 at Battle of Chickamauga. Exchanged in April, 1865; escaped unhurt from the Sultana explosion; mustered out May 6th, 1865 at Columbus, Oh on expiration of term of service.
Smith, William R. ...died. Private, age 18 at time of enlistment on Sept. 15, 1861 for 3 years. Captured on Sept. 19, 1863 in battle of Chickamauga, Ga; paroled April 25, 1865; perished by explosion (just 2 days after being released from 19 months in prison.)
Co. F
Alltop, George W......Died. A private, 23 years old at time of entering service on Oct. 1, 1864 for 1 year. Drafted; absent sick at Columbia, Tenn. Nov. 25, 1864; transferred from Co. E Dec. of 1864; perished by explosion of steamer Sultana on Mississippi river, near Memphis, Tenn. on 27th April, 1865
Lahr, Jacob....Died. Private age 27 at time of enlistment on Sept. 11, 1862 for 3 years; Captured Sept. 20, 1863 at battle of Chickamauga, GA; paroled at Vicksburg, Miss, April 21, 1865; (After spending 19 months in prison and just one week after being released he perished on the Sultana.)
Co. H
Sayer, Samuel K.....survived. A sergeant, age 23 at elnised on Sept.10, 1861 for 3 years. Appointed from private May 16, 1862l captured on Sept. 20, 1863, at battle of Chickamauga, Ga; paroled; escaped unhurt from explosion on the Sultana. Mustered out on May 9, 1865 on expiration of term of service.
Co. I
Elwood Hale.....survived. Corporal, age 26 at enlistment on Aug. 20, 1862 for 3 years. Transferred from Co. B., 40th OVI on Dec 10, 1864; mustered out June 25, 1865 at Nashville, Tenn., by order of War Department. ( No mention in official roster of being on the Sultana, but he is on Potter's list.)
Oxley, Stewart..... survived. Corporal, age 22 at time of enlistment on Nov. 18, 1861 for 3 years. Appointed Corporal; transferred to Co. D on June 6, 1865; veteran. Mustered out May 25, 1865 at Camp Chase, OH. by order of War Department.
( No mention in roster of Sultana, but he is on Potter's list. )
Additional Sources of Information
The Sultana Tragedy, Jerry O. Potter, Pelican Publishing Co., Gretna, 1992.
The Sultana: Death on the Dark River
The Sultana Association
Did You Know?
......That the principal weapon of the war and the one by which 80 % of all wounds were produced was a single-shot, muzzle-loading rifle in the hands of infantry soldiers?
......That the muzzle loading rifle could be loaded at the rate of about three times a minute and that it's maximum range was about 1000 yards?
......Most infantry rifles were equipped with bayonets, but that very few men wounded by bayonet ever showed up at any of the field hospitals? The explanation may have been that opposing soldiers did not often actually come to grips and when they did, were prone to use their rifles as clubs.
......That 80% of all wounds were in the extremities?
( The Civil War Centennial Commission, Facts about the Civil War)
Roll of Honor of the 51st Regiment
If you will email me the name you are researching, I can let you know if that soldier was killed or died of desease while serving in the 51st.
History of the 51st
51st OVI Roster
51st Reenactors Notes
(Wanted....Descendants of 51st Regt. Soldiers )
51st OVI ,Those Who Served
(Biographical Sketches)
Grace-Marie's Links to Civil War Sites on the Web
(A list of some of the best sites on the web for those doing Civil War research on their ancestor or the regiment in which he served)
Did You Know?
......That the Civil War has been credited with many "firsts" including the first .... successful submarine, hospital ship, U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. income tax, the Medal of Honor, American President assassinated, routine use of anesthetics for wounded, revolving gun turrets, ironclad navies, repeating rifles and military telegraph. (Burke Davis, The Civil War, Strange and Fascinating Facts)
......That the last Union veteran, Albert Woolson, died in 1958 and the last Confederate veteran, Walter Williams, died in 1959. Mr. Williams was 117 years old!
......That more soldiers,( Union and Confederate )perished in the Civil War than in all the nation's other wars put together, including Vietnam. (Chuck Lawliss, The Civil War Sourcebook)
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