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Images of Soldiers of the Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Three Year Regiment - September, 1861 to October, 1864      * click on image or name to see larger version
Current 3-year Regiment Statistics: 94 images of 73 different 16th OVI soldiers representing 6.0% of the 3-year regiment's 1204 members. Images of an additional 12 unidentified soldiers believed to be members of the 16th OVI but not confirmed are also included.

Field & Staff (listed by rank)

Col. John F. DeCourcey

Soldier's Profile
Lt. Col Philip Kershner
Maj. Milton Mills

Soldier's Profile
Maj. Eli W. Botsford

Soldier's Profile
Surgeon Basil Brown Brashear
Asst. Surgeon Byron S. Chase

Principal Musician Thomas B. Linn


Soldier's Profile

Principal Musician George W. Littell

Companies (listed by Company, last name)

Company A

Capt. George W. Stein

Company B

Lt. John M. Boling
Capt. Silas Hunter Corn

Soldier's Profile
Pvt. Robert N. Gorsuch
Pvt. John F. McClelland

Soldier's Profile
Pvt. Hugh McLaughlin
Pvt. Thomas B. Miller
Pvt. Adam Swinehart

Soldier's Profile
Pvt. Charles Wallick
Pvt. Nathan A. Young

Company C

Lt. Isaiah S. Beal
Pvt. Andrew Branstetter
Pvt. George Emory
Capt. Absalom Finch
Sgt. John Caskey Hall

Soldier's Profile
Pvt. James Major
photo pending permission by Jeff Huntoon, FindAGrave.com
Sgt. Samuel Metzler
Pvt. Peter J. Perrine

Soldier's Diary
Cpl. Enos Pierson

Soldier's Profile
Cpl. William Warner Reid

Soldier's Profile
Pvt. William Siegfried

Soldier's Profile
Lt. Madison Storrs

Company D

Pvt. Newton Mills

Soldier's Profile
Lt. William H. Ruckle
Sgt. John A. Ryan

Company E

Cpl. James W. Anderson
Lt. George H. Clark
Capt. William Dorsey
Pvt. Charles Dunbar
Sgt. William B. Taneyhill
Capt. Richard W. Tanneyhill
Pvt. (assumed) Theodore D. Wolbach
Note: This soldier not found on official rosters but referenced as serving in 16th OVI Co. E on various Internet resources. Believed to be well known Ohio photographer for many years after war.

Company F

Capt. Cushman Cunningham
Cpl. James M. Dennis
Lt. Robert Howell

Company G

Pvt. Edward Livingston Hall
Cpl. Jahiel C. Kilgore
Pvt. Henry H. Lawrence
Cpl. James C. McQuigg
Pvt. Frederick G. Romey

Soldier's Profile
Pvt. William M. (or W.) Scott

Company H

Pvt. Benjamin F. Clark
Pvt. David C. Curry
Pvt. William Hummer
Sgt. Harrison McClarran
Capt. Addison S. McClure
Pvt. William McCormick

Soldier's Profile
Pvt. Charles T. Parks
Cpl John M. Tryon

Company I

Pvt. Cyrus B. Anderson

Soldier's Profile
Pvt. Thomas Jasper Eagle
Cpl. Samuel S. Eberhart
Sgt. Hiram T. Fisher
Cpl. James Jobe
Cpl. James H. Morrison
Pvt. Alexander Rodgers

Company K

Pvt. Francis Crofoot
Cpl. James "Jesse" E. Goodyear
Lt. Benjamin F. Heckert
Cpl. Joseph H. Hill
Pvt. (assumed) Amos Hough
Note: This soldier not found on official rosters or any resource other than 16th OVI Reunion transcripts; 16th OVI status not confirmed.
Pvt. William Henry Otto

Soldier's Profile
Pvt. Milton Sherman Reed
Cpl. Thomas Russell

Soldier's Profile
Pvt. Samuel Warner

Soldier's Profile

Unknown Soldiers of the 16th OVI

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unknown3

Please email me if you know this soldier!  Probably Company B.
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Please email me if you know this soldier!  Probably Company B.
unknown6

Please email me if you know this soldier!  Probably Company B.

This could be Pvt. John F. McClelland

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Note: Taken from an album owned by Lt. Col. Philip Kershner, now split up and sold by a dealer. Assumed to be 16th OVI soldier but could be other regiment.
unknown10

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Note: Taken from an album owned by Lt. Col. Philip Kershner, now split up and sold by a dealer. Assumed to be 16th OVI soldier but could be other regiment.
unknown11

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Note: Taken from an album owned by Lt. Col. Philip Kershner, now split up and sold by a dealer. Assumed to be 16th OVI soldier but could be other regiment.
unknown12

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Note: Taken from an album owned by Lt. Col. Philip Kershner, now split up and sold by a dealer. Assumed to be 16th OVI soldier but could be other regiment.

This may be Capt. Cushman Cunningham.

unknown14

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Note: Taken from an album owned by Lt. Col. Philip Kershner, now split up and sold by a dealer. Assumed to be 16th OVI soldier but could be other regiment.
unknown15

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Note: Taken from an album owned by Lt. Col. Philip Kershner, now split up and sold by a dealer. Assumed to be 16th OVI soldier but could be other regiment.

Non-Military Associates of the Regiment

Nurse/Surgeon's Assistant
Catherine Brashear
, wife of
Surgeon Basil B. Brashear

90-Day Regiment - April to August, 1861   (listed by company, last name)            
Note: 90-Day soldiers re-enlisting in the three year regiment will only be listed under three year regiment (above).
Current 90-day Regiment Statistics: 8 images of 7 different 16th OVI soldiers.

Company A

Adjutant David W. Marshall
Pvt. Charles M. Pike
Company B

Pvt. William Winfield Scott
later served post-16th O.V.I. in McLaughlin's Cavalry and 5th Ohio Cavalry

Company C

Pvt. David C. Curry, Co. C
see Pvt. David C. Curry, 3-year Regiment, Co. H, above
Pvt. David B. Elson
Capt. Aquilla Wiley

Company E

Pvt. Matthew Henry Peters
photo from post-16th O.V.I. service in 74th O.V.I.

Company I

Pvt. Abraham J. Baughman

Company K
Pvt. William H. Ruckle, Co. K
see Lt. William H. Ruckle, 3-year Regiment, Co. D, above

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