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Daily Archives: October 31, 2011
1st OVI Receives Equipment
On October 31, 1861, the 1st OVI moved from Camp Corwin, near Dayton, Ohio to Cincinnati. On November 4, arms and equipment were issued. Albert Kern, in his 1918 history of the 1st OVI, writes that the men were given … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Patterson Family, SC&A
Tagged 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1st OVI, Albert Kern, Camp Corwin, Civil War, family history, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Greenwood Company, history, manuscripts, Minie, MS-236, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, OVI, Patterson brothers, Patterson family, William Patterson
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