The 84th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 84th OVI) was an infantry

Infantry

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 regiment

Regiment

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 in the Union Army

Union Army

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 during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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Service

The 84th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase

Camp Chase

Camp Chase was a military staging, training and prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, during the American Civil War. All that remains of the camp today is a Confederate cemetery containing 2,260 graves. The cemetery is located in what is now the Hilltop neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.- History :Camp Chase...

 in Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

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 May through June 1862 and mustered in on June 7, 1862 for three months service under the command of Colonel

Colonel (United States)

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 William Lawrence.

It was ordered to Cumberland, Maryland, June 11, 1862 and served provost duty there until September. The regiment was attached to Railroad District, Department of the Mountains, to July 1862, and VIII Corps, Middle Department

Middle Department

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, to September. Moved to New Creek September 13 to repel the attack on that point by Jenkins and Imboden. Moved to Camp Chase, then to Camp Delaware in Delaware, Ohio

Delaware, Ohio

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, and mustered out October 14, 1862.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 14 men, 1 officer and 13 enlisted men during service, all due to disease.

Notable members

• Private George A. Garretson
  George A. Garretson
  George Armstrong Garretson enlisted as private in the Union Army during the Civil War and later graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. He returned to duty for the Spanish American War as a Brigadier-general of U.S. Volunteers. In civilian life he held many prominent...
  
  , Company E - brigadier general
  Brigadier general (United States)
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   in the Spanish–American War
• Colonel William Lawrence - U.S. Representative
  United States House of Representatives
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   from Ohio
  Ohio
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  , 1865–1871, 1873–1877
• Private Daniel C. Roberts, Company C - composer
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  ; known for God of Our Fathers
  God of Our Fathers
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  , a hymn written for the centennial of the United States Declaration of Independence
  United States Declaration of Independence
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See also

• List of Ohio Civil War units
• Ohio in the Civil War
  Ohio in the Civil War
  During the American Civil War, the State of Ohio played a key role in providing troops, military officers, and supplies to the Union army. Due to its central location in the Northern United States and burgeoning population, Ohio was both politically and logistically important to the war effort...
  
  

External links

• Ohio in the Civil War: 84th Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Larry Stevens
• National flag of the 84th Ohio Infantry