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126th Ohio Infantry

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Company Unknown

Rank unknown

Milton won the Medal of Honor at the battle of Petersburg, Va., for capturing the enemy flag. He was my wife's greatgrandfather. B. 5/20/1835 & D. 5/17/1916 .
Contributor Warren L. BoschDate added 2/6/2009

Company Unknown

Private

joseph had same name spelled different ( mcconiha and mcconaha )He was in the ohio 129th 1863 mustered out march1864 174 regiment musteredin september 1864 mustered outjune 1865 187th regiment mustered in march 1865, mustered out januray 1866 .
Contributor Ervin McConahaDate added 12/25/2008

Company B

Rank unknown

Waitman was KIA at the Battle of Monocacy.
Contributor Frank McDanielDate added 6/12/2018

Company B

Corporal

Enlisted 14 Aug 1862 Assigned as a Private 4 Aug 1862, 126th Ohio Comp. B Promoted to Corporal 1 April 1865 Mustered out 25 June 1865 received pension for severe lung disease died 14 Aug 1900
Contributor Jim SteinDate added 12/12/2009

Company E

Private

Enlisted 20 August 1862 at Shanesville Ohio at age 19. Mustered in on 4 September 1862 at Steubenville Ohio. Mustered out on 25 June 1865 at Washington DC.
Contributor Mark HotleDate added 12/15/2006

Company G

Private

William Bender was my G-Grandfather and served in Reg. 126, Co. G. He fought in seven battles, Martinsburg, Va., 14 June 1863, Front Royal, Va., 23 July, 1863, Brandy Station, Va., 8 ovember 1863, Locust Grove, Va., 27 November, 1863., Mine Run, Va., 30 November 1863, Wilderness, Va., 5th, 6th, and 7th May 1864, and Spottsylvania, Va., May 9th and 12th May 1864. William Bender was wounded in the charge of the Bloody Angle and was removed to a Military Hospital at Alexandria, Va., he was later given a Medical Discharge in December 1864 by order of Major General Hooker. William Bender was partially paralized the remained of his life. William Bender died 14 May, 1912, and is buried in Hartzell Cemetery, North Benton, Ohio.
Contributor Nancy Truxall EllerDate added 6/6/2008

Company H

Corporal

Enlisted as a Private on 22 August 1862 at the age of 23 Enlisted in Company H, 126th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 05 September 1862. Promoted to Full Corporal on 01 February 1865 Mustered out Company H, 126th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 25 June 1865 in Washington, DC
Contributor Fred RoseDate added 8/8/2006

Company I

Sergeant

Appointed as Corporal Oct. 11, 1862 then as Sergeant, in which he served three years. Received a leg wound at the Battle of the Wilderness, VA, May 6, 1864. Was mustered out with company, June 25, 1865. He died in Jasper County, MO on Feb. 20, 1933.
Contributor C ShyDate added 4/6/2014

Company I

Private

Jasper was my great-granduncle, son of William and Mahala Mauller. He joined the 126th in Thorn, OH on Aug. 22,1862, at the age of 19. On January 1, 1865 he transferred to the Veterans Reserve Corps, having received a gunshot to the left thigh. In 1890, following the death of his parents (with whom he'd been living), he moved to a Disabled Volunteer Soldiers' Home. His paperwork at that time lists his disability as both 'gunshot wound to left thigh' and 'impaired mind.' Indeed, after only 5 months, Jasper was transferred to the Government Hospital for the Insane, where he died two years later on Sept. 12, 1892.
Contributor Daniel MaullerDate added 2/16/2011

Company K

Captain

Enlisted October 11, 1862. Killed in action May 10, 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
Contributor C ShyDate added 4/21/2012

Company K

2nd Lieutenant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Dave KnochDate added 9/2/2006

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