ROSTER
of the
8th Regt. Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Gibralter Brigade
Army of the Potomac

The 3 Months & 3 Years Men
April 29, 1861 - July 13, 1864

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Lieutenant Colonal Franklin Sawyer
Brevet Brigadier General
Commander of the Regiment, after the promotion of Samuel S. Carroll to Brigade Commander,
from May 24, 1862, to it's muster-out on July 13, 1864.

The soldiers who had not yet completed their terms of service were consolidated with the 4th O. V. I.


The National Colors of the 8th O. V. I.
This battle worn relic is a tribute to her gallant service

FIELD AND STAFF
NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF
ROSTER OF CO. A - Tiffin
ROSTER OF CO. B - Cleveland
ROSTER OF CO. C - Bucyrus
ROSTER OF CO. D - Norwalk
ROSTER OF CO. E - Sandusky
ROSTER OF CO. F - Fremont
ROSTER OF CO. G - Fremont
ROSTER OF CO. H - Medina
ROSTER OF CO. I - Misc. Recruits
ROSTER OF CO. K - Medina
TRANSFERRED TO CO. A, 4TH O. V. I. 

FIELD AND STAFF
 

NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF
 

Total Staff - 29

ROSTER OF CO. A
"The Seneca Sharpshooters"
Organized from Tiffin, Ohio

CAPTAIN

LIEUTENANTS

SERGEANTS

CORPORALS

MUSICIANS

PRIVATES

Total rank and file, Co. A - 103

ROSTER OF CO. B
Hibernian Guards
Right Flank Skirmishers
Organized from Cleveland, Ohio

CAPTAIN

FIRST LIEUTENANT

SECOND LIEUTENANT

SERGEANTS

CORPORALS

PRIVATES

Total rank and file, Co. B - 101

*This man's true name was Victor Aaron Shepherd, as Franklin Sawyer learned from his brother of Nashville, Tennessee.

ROSTER OF CO. C
Organized from Bucyrus, Ohio

CAPTAIN

FIRST LIEUTENANT

SECOND LIEUTENANT

SERGEANTS

CORPORALS

MUSICIANS

PRIVATES

Total rank and file, Co. C - 99

ROSTER OF CO. D
Left Flank Skirmishers
Organized from Norwalk, Ohio

CAPTAIN

FIRST LIEUTENANTS

SECOND LIEUTENANT

SERGEANTS

CORPORALS

MUSICIAN

PRIVATES

Total rank and file, Co. D - 111

ROSTER OF CO. E
Organized from Sandusky, Ohio

CAPTAIN

LIEUTENANTS

SERGEANTS

CORPORALS

MUSICIANS

PRIVATES

Total rank and file, Co. E - 110

ROSTER OF CO. F
Organized from Fremont, Ohio

CAPTAINS

LIEUTENANTS

SERGEANTS

CORPORALS

PRIVATES

Total rank and file, Co. F -  93

ROSTER OF CO. G
Organized from Fremont, Ohio

CAPTAINS

LIEUTENANTS

SERGEANTS

CORPORALS

MUSICIANS

WAGONER

PRIVATES

Total rank and file, Co. G - 100

ROSTER OF CO. H
Organized from Medina, Ohio

ROSTER OF CO. I
Organized from misc. recruits

ROSTER OF CO. K
Organized from Medina, Ohio

TRANSFERRED TO CO. A, 4TH O. V. I.
June 24 - 25, 1864

Lucien Abbot
Phillip Andrews
Andrew J. Beitel
Elijah N. Bihler
Jacob Cline
Albert D. Colwell
John Cummings
Charles Davis
Abraham J. Disbro
Daniel Gallinger
Alonzo Grant
Lorenzo W. Grant
Luman L. Griswald
Edwin Gunson
Harrison Hance
Harrison W. Hatzell (Hartzell)
John Howley
James R. Humphrey
Edwin Hunter
Thomas Hyland
Edgar H. Irish
Stephen K. Irish
Harrison Jewell
Joseph Jewett
Elijah Johnson
Archibald Kelley
Henry D. Langdon
Albert Lilley
Henry F. Marsh
Milton Miers
Orla A. Moore
Samuel Paden
Ward N. Pierce
Russel Redfield
Ferdinand Refening
Henry Ringer
Casper Rohner
Lewis Rounds
Edward Shirtinger
Charles Souer
William Steel
John Steplar
Wilber F. Strickle
Joseph Taylor
William A. Thompson
Martin Waldron
Charles White
William Wilcox