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The 101st Ohio Infantry Regiment of the United States Army was recruited from Crawford, Wyandot, Seneca, Huron and Erie Counties.
It was mustered into service on August 30, 1862. The regiment fought in 28 battles during the American Civil War, including
Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and the siege of Atlanta. It was removed from the south on June 12, 1865 and discharged
at Cleveland. The collection consists of quartermaster's materials, requisitions, monthly reports, lists of stores, vouchers,
orders from headquarters, return forms, abstracts, inventory and inspection report, invoice of commissary property, receipt
for untrained and unserviceable horses, letters from Lieutenant O.J. Benham to Major General M.C. Meigs on transmittal of
supplies and roll of non-commissioned officers and privates employed on extra duty as mechanics and laborers in March, April
and May 1865.
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