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 Posted: Wed Aug 22nd, 2007 02:33 am
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I recently learned that I had a relative who served in the 77th Ohio V.I. He was killed at the battle of Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas. I have not been able to find out too much about this unit and wondered if anyone knew where I might find some info about the 77th. Thanks.

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 Posted: Wed Aug 22nd, 2007 02:59 am
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   Scroll down to read a history of the 77th Ohio from DYER'S COMPENDIUM. Some of the other references on the site should also prove useful.

 

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 Posted: Wed Aug 22nd, 2007 03:34 pm
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I've studied up the the 78th Ohio.  Some great starting places to ask questions are...

http://history-sites.net/mb/cw/ohcwmb/index.cgi?#255

http://ohiocivilwar.com/msgboard3.mv?parm_func=showmain+parm_starting_root=1

You can see their regimental and national colors here...

http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/exhibits/fftc/relicroom/details.aspx?war=2&flagid=432&unitid=164&warname=Civil%20War

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 Posted: Wed Aug 22nd, 2007 04:29 pm
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   Here is the tombstone of the original commander of the 77th Ohio, Colonel Jesse Hildebrand.

Col Jesse Hildebrand (1800 - 1863) - Find A Grave Memorial

   At the Battle of Shiloh in April of 1862, Hildebrand commanded a brigade consisting of the 53rd Ohio, the 57th Ohio, and the 77th Ohio. On the first day of the battle, the commander of the 53rd Ohio, Colonel J.J. Appler, tried to warn his divisional commander, General William T. Sherman, of an impending enemy attack, but he was not believed. His warning turned out to be correct.

   In August of 1862, Colonel Hildebrand and the 77th Ohio took over the garrison at the Alton, IL Penitentiary, which had been abandoned and then in 1862 taken over by the Federal Army. The place was soon overcrowded by Confederate POWs.

   Colonel Hildebrand's performance in this command was considered unsatisfactory, and he was releived of his command in March of 1863. He died soon after.

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 Posted: Thu Aug 23rd, 2007 01:03 am
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Thanks for the replies!

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 Posted: Thu Feb 25th, 2010 08:23 pm
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I found a good description of the Seventy-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry in "History of Washington County, Ohio, 1881", page 217.

Attachment: 77TH.txt (Downloaded 17 times)

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Here are a few more sites to check out..//


http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~schooling/ohio.htm

http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cw77.html

http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/ohiopix/Image.cfm?ID=1765

National Colors of the 77th O.V.I. Painting of national colors of the 77th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Tags: 77th OVI, flags, Ohio Volunteer Infantry

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 Posted: Mon Jun 20th, 2011 10:46 pm
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My 3rd Great Grandfather Daniel Thatcher was in Company D of the 77th Ohio. I came across this page when looking for more information on the regiment's service in the war. Thanks to everyone for the links--and especially for the text file with the detailed history.

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