Transportation

Type	Item	Incident	Place	Date	Comment
steamship	Key West No. 3	transported	Point Pleasant, West Virginia to Memphis, Tennessee	November 13 to 27, 1862	steamer transported 16th OVI to Memphis, Tennessee, where it camped at "Camp Oliver" for 23 days
steamship	U.S.S. Mamora	transported	Point Pleasant, West Virginia to Memphis, Tennessee	November 13 to 27, 1862	steamer transported 16th OVI to Memphis, Tennessee, where it camped at "Camp Oliver" for 23 days
steamship	Fanny Bullitt	transported	Memphis, Tennessee to Yazoo River, Mississippi	December 20 to 26, 1862	steamer transported 16th OVI to Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, December 27-29, 1862
steamship	Fanny Bullitt	transported	Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi to Arkansas Post, Arkansas	January 1 to 9, 1863	steamer transported 16th Ohio to Battle of Arkansas Post (Fort Hindman), January 10-11, 1863
hospital steamship	D. A. January	soldiers' deaths	somewhere on the Mississippi River	January 13, 1863	hospital boat on which Pvt. John McCluggage died, January 13, 1863, from wounds received at Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, December 29, 1862; Pvt. McCluggage and Cpl, John Wilder captured a Confederate officer at Battle of Tazewell, Tennessee, August 6, 1862
steamship	Fanny Bullitt	transported	Arkansas Post, Arkansas to Young's Point, Louisiana	January 16 to 21, 1863	steamer transported 16th Ohio from battle site to winter camp at Young's Point
steamship gunboat	U.S.S. Indianola	reported	near Vicksburg, Mississippi	February 24 and 25, 1863	Union gunboat captured by Confederates and which inspired the Ironclad Hoax initiated by 16th Ohio soldiers
steamship	Fanny Bullitt	transported	Young's Point, Louisiana to Milliken's Bend, Louisiana	March 8, 1863	steamer transported 16th Ohio from from winter camp at Young's Point, Louisiana to Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, a campground dryer than Young's Point
steamship	Sioux City	guarded	Milliken's Bend, Louisiana	March 12, 1863	in his diary, Pvt. Robert "Newt" Gorsuch reports having stood guard duty on this ship
steamship gunboat	U.S.S. Tuscumbia	reported	near New Carthage, Louisiana	April 17, 1863	report of eight gunboats running past Vicksburg batteries
steamship gunboat	U.S.S. Benton	reported	near New Carthage, Louisiana	April 17, 1863	report of eight gunboats running past Vicksburg batteries
steamship gunboat	U.S.S. Lafayette	reported	near New Carthage, Louisiana	April 17, 1863	report of eight gunboats running past Vicksburg batteries
steamship gunboat	U.S.S. Pittsburg	reported	near New Carthage, Louisiana	April 17, 1863	report of eight gunboats running past Vicksburg batteries
steamship gunboat	U.S.S. Carondelet	reported	near New Carthage, Louisiana	April 17, 1863	report of eight gunboats running past Vicksburg batteries
steamship gunboat	U.S.S. Mound City	reported	near New Carthage, Louisiana	April 17, 1863	report of eight gunboats running past Vicksburg batteries
steamship gunboat	U.S.S. Louisville	reported	near New Carthage, Louisiana	April 17, 1863	report of eight gunboats running past Vicksburg batteries
steamship gunboat	U.S.S. General Sterling Price	reported	near New Carthage, Louisiana	April 17, 1863	report of eight gunboats running past Vicksburg batteries
steamship	Luminary	transported	Memphis, Tennessee to near Vicksburg, Mississippi	June 1 to June 5, 1863	transported Maj. Milton Mills back to rejoin his regiment after being released from Confederate prison and spending several weeks at home in Ohio
steamship	John Raine	transported	near Vicksburg, Mississippi to Carrollton (New Orleans), Louisiana	August 13 to 16, 1863	ship (no photo) transported 16th OVI and 22nd Kentucky from Vicksburg to New Orleans, Louisiana
hospital steamship	Nashville	transported	on Mississippi River	August 15, 1863	this ship is where Pvt. John F. McKeever, Company F, died of disease on date listed
steamship	Atlantic	transported	New Orleans, Louisiana to Algiers, Louisiana	September 6, 1863	ship took 16th Ohio from their camp at Carrolton (New Orleans) down the Mississippi River about seven miles to Algiers from where they would embark on the Second Bayou Teche Campaign.
railroad	New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad (under military control)	transported	Algiers, Louisiana to Bayou Boeuf, Louisiana	September 6 to 7, 1863
steamship	Arago	transported	Memphis, Tennessee to Vicksburg, Mississippi	November 5 to 10, 1863	Pvt. Peter Shelly, possibly others, returning to rejoin regiment after capture at Chickasaw Bayou and parole
steamship	Starlight	observed	on Bayou Teche about ten miles northwest of Berwick, Louisiana	November 9, 1863	Stated by Pvt. Thomas B. Linn that the 16th Ohio took boat(s) to a point 5 or 6 miles west of Berwick, Louisiana, gathered wood for fuel, and returned up the bayou about four miles to share fuel with steam boat Starlight
steamship	U.S.S. Portsmouth	observed	New Orleans, Louisiana	November 23, 1863
steamship	U.S.S. Pensacola	observed	New Orleans, Louisiana	November 23, 1863
steamship	St. Mary	transported	New Orleans, Louisiana to Decrow's Point, Texas (Matagorda Bay)	November 25 to December 1, 1863
steamship	Matamoras	transported	Decrow's Point, Texas to Indianola, Texas	January 13, 1864	16th OVI and 69th Indiana quartered in houses in Indianola, Texas
steamship gunboat	U.S.S. Monongahela	observed/ supported by	Pass Cavallo between Decrow's Point, Matagorda Peninsula, and Matagorda Island, Texas	mid-March, 1864	U. S. gunboat guarding entrance to Matagorda Bay, Texas, observed by 16th Ohio troops while stationed on Matagorda Island
steamship	Clinton	observed/ supported by	Matagorda Island, Texas	March 30, 1864	Steamship which brought a military paymaster to the 16th Ohio and other troops stationed at Matagorda Island, Texas, and observed at anchor by those troops.
steamship	Crescent	observed	Matagorda Island, Texas	April 17, 1864	Cpl. Theodore Wolbach notes this ship arrived from New Orleans brining news of Gen. Nathaniel Banks' defeat in the Red River, Louisiana, area; significant since this news causes 16th Ohio to be returned to New Orleans, assumed for reinforcement
propeller steamship	Exact	transported	Matagorda Island, Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana	April 18 to 21, 1864	transported the "right wing" of the 16th Ohio from their camp at Matagorda Island, Texas, back to New Orleans, Louisiana, arriving their with no incidents at sea Company A (Stein - Red River)
propeller steamship	Alliance	transported	Matagorda Island, Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana	April 18 to 21, 1864	transported the "left wing" of the 16th Ohio from their camp at Matagorda Island, Texas, back to New Orleans, Louisiana; during the voyage, this ship fired on by the U.S. S. Tennessee, a sloop-of-war which thought the Tennessee was an enemy ship (See S. S. Tennessee, below); Companies B, C, ...
steamship gunboat	U.S.S. Tennessee	attacked by	at sea in Gulf of Mexico en route from Matagorda, Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana	April 19, 1864	U.S. gunboat that mistakenly attacked 16th OVI at sea on board S. S. Alliance; mis-identification
steamship	John H. Groesbeck	transported	New Orleans, Louisiana to Alexandria, Louisiana	April 24 to 26, 1864	transported 16th Ohio to Alexandria, Louisiana, to reinforce Union troops there being pursued by Rebels from the west
steamship gunboat	U.S.S. Black Hawk	observed	Red River near Alexandria, Louisiana	April 26, 1864	observed by 16th OVI en route up Mississippi and Red rivers to Alexandria, Louisiana, on steamer John H. Gosbeck (no photo)
steamship	City Belle	reported	Snaggy Point on the Red River near Alexandria, Louisiana	May 3, 1864	reported by Cpl. Theodore Wolbach who describes the Rebel attack on this boat, carrying the entire 120th Ohio Infantry, killing and capturing most of the regiment
steamship	Luminary	transported	Morganza, Louisiana to Cairo, Illinois	October 6 to 12, 1864	transported 16th OVI troops whose terms of service were about to expire (most of regiment) from Morganza, Louisiana, north to Cairo, Illinois, where they would then take trains for the remainder of their journey home to Ohio
railroad	Illinois Central Railroad	transported	Cairo, Illinois to Mattoon, Illinois	October 12, 1864	transported the 16th Ohio home from war
railroad	St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad	transported	Mattoon, Illinois to Indianapolis, Indiana	October 13, 1864	transported the 16th Ohio home from war
railroad	Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Cleveland Railroad	transported	Indianapolis, Indiana to Union City, Ohio	October 13, 1864	transported the 16th Ohio home from war
railroad	Columbus and Indianapolis Railroad	transported	Union City, Ohio to Columbus, Ohio	October 14, 1864	transported the 16th Ohio home from war