Researchers will find these rosters useful in determining on any given date, the available strength of each Company. Please keep in mind, it is estimated
that on average 20-50% of a company’s strength was either absent, sick, on furlough or other detached service. Many would become stragglers on extended
marches. A company was sometimes divided into two platoons, one headed by the Captain and the other by the 1/Lt, with one of them possibly detached as a group.
Morning reports for this Regiment have not been located and each soldier’s status on any given date cannot be determined.
At Gettysburg, 312 men went into battle according to the after action report of Lt/Col David Thomson dated Aug 21, 1863. All ten companies participated
in the battle as determined from the casualties. So, by using these rosters, on paper 684 men should have been available when in actuality only 45.6% of
that number was reported on the field. According to an account 20 years later, in July 1883, by Captain Alfred E. Lee, of Co. E, 82nd OVI, the men were
mustered on the battlefield while under fire to determine the number present. He reported 22 Officers and 236 men [258] present on the field [ 37.7%] at
Gettysburg; of which only 3 Officers and 89 men were available to bring the colors off the field at the end of the first day. The remainder was killed,
wounded or missing in action.
This group of rosters will also be an aid to those doing genealogy research. But, one should obtain the service record of your family member from the
National Archives to ascertain when they were actually mustered as "present". I have tried to be as diligent as possible, but inevitably errors and omissions
will be found. I accept responsibility and request to be notified when they are found so that appropriate corrections can be made. Each roster begins on
Jan 25, 1862, the date the Regiment marched out of Camp Kenton, Ohio and boarded the train for Virginia. I have considered the soldiers listed on that date as
original members.
Source: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1866, Vol. 6 pgs 507-567, THE WERNER PTC. & MFC. CO. AKRON,
Ohio, 1888. 1st edition; personal collection of James & Lynda Cooper.
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
James L. Cooper
Sept 23, 2014
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Organized
By
Lt/Col James Cantwell, 4th Ohio Vol. Infantry.
Camp Simon Kenton
Kenton, Ohio
Field & Staff at large1 by Colonel James Cantwell Oct 1861 thru Jan 1, 1862
Co. A Hardin Co., Ohio by Captain David Thomson Oct 4 thru Dec 17, 1861 at Kenton, Ohio
Co. B Hardin Co., Ohio by Captain Lemon S. Powell Oct 10 thru Dec 19, 1861 at Kenton, Ohio
Co. C Hardin Co., Ohio by Captain Peter C. Boslow Nov 1 thru Dec 31, 1861 at Kenton, Ohio
Co. D Marion Co., Ohio by Captain John S. Rieg Oct 10 thru Dec 18, 1861 at Marion, Ohio
Co. E Logan Co., Ohio by Captain Charles Mains Oct 30 thru Dec 20, 1861 at Bellfontaine, Ohio
Co. F Richland Co., Ohio by Captain James S. Crall Nov 5 thru Dec 20, 1861 at Mansfield, Ohio
Co. G Hardin Co., Ohio by Captain James Ewing Nov 6 thru Dec 16, 1861 at Kenton, Ohio
Co. H Union & Knox Co’s., Ohio by Captain Nicholas Jerolaman Nov 2 thru Dec 20, 1861 at Marysville and Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Co. I Delaware Co., Ohio by Captain George H. Purdy Nov 1 thru Dec 20, 1861 at Delaware, Ohio
Co. K Ashland Co., Ohio by Captain David Sampsel Nov 14 thru Dec 30, 1861 at Ashland, Ohio
[1] James Cantwell, Robinson, Munson, Ramsey, Nelson & Kibbee from Hardin Co.; Durfee, Scofield, Fry & Franklin from Marion Co.; Jacob Cantwell from Richland Co.;
Washington Davis from Union Co.; Snyder not found
Acronyms and Abbreviations
A.C. Army Corps
ADC Aide-de-camp
DG Delaware Gazette [newspaper, Delaware, Ohio]
GH General Hospital
GS gunshot
GSW gunshot wound
KIA killed in action
MIA missing in action
m/o mustered out
PH Public Hospital
POW prisoner of war
QMS Quartermaster Sergeant
RQM Regimental Quartermaster
SCD Surgeons Certificate of Disability
UA unassigned
VRC Veteran Reserve Corps
WIA wounded in action
Regt Hosp Regimental [Field] Hospital
Field & Staff Rosters Co. A Rosters Co. B Rosters Co. C Rosters Co. D Rosters Co. E Rosters Co. F Rosters Co. G Rosters
Co. I Rosters Co. K Rosters Unassigned Roster