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The Civil War
In Coshocton County |
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The following units included men
from Coshocton County.
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| 16th Regiment, OVI |
24th Regiment, OVI |
32nd Regiment, OVI |
| 37th Regiment, OVI |
41st Regiment, OVI |
51st Regiment, OVI |
| 69th Regiment, OVI |
76th Regiment, OVI |
78th Regiment, OVI |
| 80th Regiment, OVI |
97th Regiment, OVI |
121st Regiment, OVI |
| 122nd Regiment, OVI |
142nd Regiment, OVI |
143rd Regiment, OVI |
| 9th Cavalry Regiment, OVI |
2nd Ohio Volunteer Artillery |
80th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Charles Paul Keller Site |
 "The news of the fall of Sumter caused in Coshocton county, as elsewhere, a thrill that passed and repassed along the nerves of the people. Many of the settlers were from south of Mason and Dixon's line, and had tender recollections of their old homes and the people therein. But the war spirit was not wanting among even these, and as
promptly as in any county the people were up in arms."
"'At a meeting of the young ladies of Coshocton county, held for the purpose of promoting war measures, it was unanimously resolved:
That it is the duty of every young unmarried man to go to war;
That all who are physically unable to go are physically unable to support a family;
That we have no further need of home guards;
That young men have but one reason for staying at home -- they fear battle more than they love liberty;
That the young man who fails to do his duty in this hour of our utmost need is not worthy of the smiles of the ladies of this vicinity;
That we will marry no home guard;
That he who is not true to his country is not true to his God, nor would he be true to his wife.'
It is supposed that these patriotic resolutions had the desired effect, as the young men of Coshocton went promptly and rapidly to the front during all those dark years."
Coshocton County Ohio, Its Past and Present 1740-1881 - Compiled by N.N. Hill Jr. - Published by A.A. Graham & Company, 1881
A source for Civil War photos can be found at: http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi//PhotoDB.html.
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