Arming Ohio Part I

[Agate]

Ohio Executive Documents

Annual Report of the Quartermaster General to the Governor of the State of Ohio for the year 1862. Columbus, Richard Nevins, State Printer, 1863

Report of the Superintendent of Arsenal

Total arms issued to Ohio troops.

The following tables exhibit the total number of arms issued to Ohio volunteers, now in service, who have received arms through this department:

Artillery

First Regiment, Col. Jas. Barnett, consisting of twelve batteries-
46 6 pounder bronze field guns, rifled, 3.80 inch.
16 6 pounder bronze field guns, smoothbore.
2 12 pounder bronze howitzers.
8 6 pounder steel rifle guns, "Waird's."
4 12 pounder steel rifle guns "Waird's."

1st Independent Battery, Capt McMullen-
2 6 pounder bronze field guns, smooth.
4 6 pounder bronze field guns, rifled.

2d Independent Battery, Capt. Carlin-
4 6 pounder bronze field guns, rifled.

3d Independent Battery, Capt. Williams-
2 6 pounder bronze field guns, smooth.
4 6 pounder bronze field guns, rifled.

4th independent Battery, Capt. Hoffman-
Armed elsewhere.

5th Independent Battery, Capt. Hickenlooper-
2 6 pounder bronze field , smooth.
4 6 pounder bronze field guns, rifled.

6th Independent Battery, Capt. Bradley-
Armed elsewhere.

7th Independent Battery, Capt. Burnap-
2 6 pounder bronze field guns, smooth.
4 6 pounder bronze field guns, rifled.

8th Independent Battery, Capt. Markgraff-
Armed elsewhere.

9th Independent Battery, Capt. Whetmore-
Armed by United States direct.

10th Independent Battery, Capt. White-
2 6 pounder bronze field guns, smooth
4 6 pounder bronze field guns, rifled.

11th Independent Battery, Capt. Constable, now Sands-
Armed elsewhere.

12th Independent Battery, Capt. Johnson-
4 6 pounder steel rifled guns, "Wiard's."
2 12 pounder steel rifled guns, "Wiard's."

13th Independent Battery, Capt. Myers-
2 6 pounder bronze field guns, smooth.
4 6 pounder bronze field guns, rifled.

14th Independent Battery, Capt. Burrows-
4 6 pounder steel rifled guns, "Wiard's."
2 12 pounder steel rifled guns, "Wiard's."
Subequently issued to this battery-
2 12 pounder bronze field guns-model, 1857.
4 3 inch wrought iron guns, rifled.

15th Independent Battery, Capt. Spear-
Armed elsewhere.

16th Independent Battery, Capt. Mitchell-
2 6 pounder bronze field guns, smooth.
4 6 pounder bronze field guns, rifled.

17th Independent Battery, Capt. Blount-
6 6 pounder bronze field guns, rifled.

18th Independent Battery, Capt. Aleshire-
6 3 inch wrought iron guns, rifled.

19th Independent Battery, Capt. Shields-
6 12 pounder bronze field guns, pat., 1857.

20th Independent Battery, Capt. Smithnight-
2 12 pounder bronze field guns, pat., 1857.
4 3 inch wrought iron guns, rifled.

Cavalry

1st Regiment-
658 Sharp's carbines.
1,090 Colt's pistols.
93 Remington pistols.
1,210 light Cavalry sabres.

2nd Regiment-
100 Joslyn carbines.
700 Starr's pistols.
500 Remington pistols.
1,200 light Cavalry sabres.

3rd Regiment-
100 Joslyn's carbines.
650 Remington's pistols.
50 Whitney's pistols.
1,200 sabres.

4th Regiment-
100 Joslyn carbine
(Received remainder of its armament direct from United States.)

5th Regiment-
120 Sharp's carbines
675 Joslyn's pistols.
1,200 light Cavalry sabres.
(This regiment has lately received a full supply of Burnside's carbines direct from the United States.)

6th Regiment-
250 Joslyn's carbines.
71 Colt's pistols
324 Joslyn's pistols.
760 light Cavalry sabres.

7th Regiment-
400 Gallager's carbines.
1000 Remington's pistols.
200 Whitney's pistols.
1,200 light Cavalry sabres.

1st Squadron-
186 Sharp's carbines.
184 Remington's pistols.
164 light Cavalry sabres.

2d Independent Battalion-
100 Gallager's carbines
300 remington pistols
400 light Cavalry sabres

Will continue with the OVM and OVI...

Regards,

John

John Sarver
Cin.O.

[rogue]

John,
I am surprised, no Gwyn & Campbells/Cosmopolitians, also know as the Ohio gun.
Steve Sullivan
46th Illinois
Co. Mil. Hist.

[Agate]

Hi Steve,

I'm kind of surprised as well. Always thought the grapevines were neat, although they have my vote as plug ugliest carbine of the war.

Folks I'm missing the 1st thru 26th Regiments, certainly have to include them, have to go get another copy and will do so over the weekend.

To my fellow Buckeyes.

I've been very blessed at stumbling across a few other things that are Ohio related, and might be of interest to our members statewide. Have two really neat period newspaper articles on the uniforms of the 1st and 2nd OVM, and how the stuff was purchased when they were sent east. Would anybody like to have some of that for ref., sort of an Ohio stuff thread? Could we do something like that Curt if folks are interested?

Anyway,

Regards,

John
John Sarver
Cin. O.

[Rear Guard]

Anything there on the 55th Ohio Volunteer Infantry?

Jeff Lawson

[Curt Schmidt]

Hallo Kameraden!

Thanks, Herr John, for working on this!

And, Kameraden, these listings will be covering all of the Ohio regiments, yes.

Curt-Heinrich Schmidt

[James Brenner]

The Ohio Executive Documents are a great source of information on Ohio units, but they are not always complete. The list is very extensive and will take John awhile to post. If John doesn't mind, I'll jump in and help by posting info on some of the higher number regiments:

50th OVI - No record
51st OVI - 703 US rifle muskets, .69 cal., 200 Enfield rifle muskets.
52nd OVI - 940 Springfield rifle muskets
53rd OVI - 888 Austrian rifle muskets, .54 cal.
54th OVI - 600 Pondir muskets, .69 cal.
55th OVI - 586 Pondir rifle muskets, cal 69, 380 Enfield rifle muskets.
56th OVI - 700 Saxony rifle muskets, 200 Enfield rifle muskets.
57th OVI - 840 Austrian rifle muskets, 54 cal., 200 Enfield rifle muskets.
58th OVI - 551 Austrian rifle muskets, 54 cal, 429 Enfield rifle muskets.
59th OVI - 200 Enfield rifle muskets, Remainder of issue to this regiment made in the field.
60th OVI - No record
61st OVI - 771 Austrian rifle muskets, 54 cal
62nd OVI - 780 Pondir's rifle musket, 69 cal, 200 Enfield rifle musket.
63rd OVI - 864 Austrian rifle musket, 54 cal.
64th OVI - Armed by War Department direct
65th OVI - Armed by War Department direct
66th OVI - 704 Pondir's rifle musket, 69 cal
67th OVI - 620 Prussian smoothbore muskets, 360 Enfield rifle muskets. Subsequent issue of 828 Saxony rifle muskets, 69 cal.
68th OVI - 980 Enfield rifle muskets
69th OVI - 980 Austrian rifle muskets, 54 cal.
70th OVI - 264 Austrian rifle muskets, remainder of issue to this regiment made in the field.
71st OVI - 850 French rifle muskets, 70 cal., Subsequent issue of 250 French rifle muskets, 70 cal.
72nd OVI - 780 Enfield rifle muskets.
73rd OVI - 980 Enfield rifle muskets.
74th OVI - 780 Prussian rifle muskets, 69 cal., 200 Enfield rifle muskets.
75th OVI - 900 Enfield rifle muskets.
76th OVI - 980 French rifle muskets, 69 cal. Subsequent issue of 800 Springfield rifle muskets.
77th OVI - Armed in the field
78th OVI - 900 Enfield rifle muskets
79th OVI - 720 Springfield rifle muskets
80th OVI - 900 Austrian rifle muskets, 54 cal.
81st OVI - 600 Enfield rifle muskets
82nd OVI - 980 Enfield rifle muskets
83rd OVI - 980 Enfield rifle muskets
84th OVI - 88th OVI - No record
89th OVI - 940 Austrian rifle muskets, 58 cal.
90th OVI - 940 Enfield rifle muskets.
91st OVI - 950 Austrian rifle muskets, 54 cal
92nd OVI - 950 Austrian rifle muskets, 54 cal.
93rd OVI - 960 Springfield rifle muskets.
94th OVI - 940 Enfield rifle muskets.
95th OVI - 960 Springfield rifle muskets. Subsequent issue of 800 Enfield rifle muskets.
96th OVI - 940 Austrian rifle muskets, 58 cal.
97th OVI - 940 Enfield rifle muskets.
98th OVI - 920 Springfield rifle muskets.
99th OVI - 940 Enfield rifle muskets.
100th OVI - 950 Austrian rifle muskets, 54 cal. Subsequent issue of 920 Enfield rifle muskets.
101st OVI - 940 Austrian rifle muskets, 58 cal. Subsequent issue of 900 Springfield rifle muskets
102nd OVI - 940 Austrian rifle muskets, 58 cal. Subsequent issue of 900 Springfield rifle muskets.
103rd OVI - 940 Austrian rifle muskets, 54 cal. Subsequent issue of 900 Enfield rifle muskets.
104th OVI - 940 Austrian rifle muskets, 58 cal. Subsequent issue of 900 Enfield rifle muskets.
105th OVI - 960 Springfield rifle musket. Subsequent issue of 35 Springfield rifle muskets.

I'll add the rest later on this evening, but here are a couple of additional comments on this list. This list is more accurate than that in Todd's Equipage book. More importantly, this is a good start on researching the weapons of an Ohio regiment. The 1863 Report adds in further detail on subsequent issues, particularly for those regiments armed with 2nd calss arms. Also, it's good to bounce this data off the Quarterly Summary of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores in the National Archives.

Finally, in terms of the Gwyn and Campbell carbines issued to Ohio troops, most, if not all, went to Illinois cavalry regiments. There were a few Cosmopolitan rifles issued to local volunteer regiments shortly before the war on a test basis, but they failed miserably. I think there's an article in one of the Cincinatti papers about it. I'd recommend Tom Rentschlor's book on the Gwyn and Campbell/Union/Grapevine/Gross/Union/Ohio carbines for more information.

[BrandonHinds]

I saw that the issue for the 76th OVI was what was described as a .69 Cal. French Rifle, would that be an Enfield. I also saw that the next subsequent issue was for Springfields. So I am curious which would be the more accurate for a 76th OVI impression?