Ohio Units at the End of the Civil War
Although men in the Civil War belonged to other units, the following were noted in the History of Defiance County 1883 as the major units formed from Northwestern Ohio. Following each unit is a listing of the enlisted and officers of each company. Using the main Ohio Volunteer Infantry units listed—14th, 21st, 38th, 48th, 83rd, 68th, 100th, 107th, and the 111th— I have extracted where the units were from April 1865 to the end of the war along with significant events of that time. This information came from the Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal Volume VI Number 3 202 produced by the Ohio Genealogy Society.
| Date | Significant Event |
| 2 April 1865 | Confederate government evacuated Richmond, VA |
| 2 April 1865 | Siege of Fort Blakely, AL – 48th and 83rd |
| 8 April 1865 | Appomattox, VA Surrender of The Army of the Northern VA at Appomattox Court House |
| 9 April 1865 | Fort Blakely AL: 48th and 83rd |
| 10 April 1865 | Advance on Raleigh, NC: 14th, 21st, 38th, 68th, 100th, 111th |
| 11 April 1865 | Mobile, AL evacuated by Confederates |
| 12 April 1865 | Mobile, AL surrendered: 48th, 83rd |
| 13 April 1865 | Raleigh, NC cccupied by Sherman: 100th |
| 14 April 1865 | Lincoln assassinated at Ford’s Theater |
| 14 April 1865 | Raleigh, NC occupied by 14th, 21st |
| 18 April 1865 | Sherman (Union) and Johnston (Confederate) met at Durham Station, NC |
| 18 April 1865 | Fighting in NC and VA ended |
| 19 April 1865 | Lincoln’s funeral train begins its journey to Springfield, IL |
| 20 April 1865 | Macon, GA occupied |
| 21 April1865 | Mosby’s raiders (Confederate) were disbanded |
| 26 April 1865 | Bennett’s House: 14th, 21st, 38th,68th, 100th, 111th |
| 26 April1865 | John Wilkes Booth captured and died |
| 26 April1865 | Johnston surrendered at Durham Station, NC: 14th, 21st, 38th, 68th, 100th, 111th |
| 29 April 1865 | Beginning of March to Washington, DC: 14th, 21st, 38th, 68th |
| 2 May 1865 | Jefferson Davis in Abbeville, SC-- $100,000 offered for his arrest |
| 3 May 1865 | Lincoln’s body arrives in Springfield, IL—buried May 4th |
| 10 May1865 | Davis captured near Irwinville, GA |
| 10 May1865 | Jones (Conf.) surrenders in FL; Quantrill, (Conf.) guerrilla leader in MO, fatally shot near Taylorsville, KY |
| 12 May1865 | Last major land fight at Palmito Ranch near Rio Grande, TX |
| 13 May1865 | Smith (Conf.) to be arrested is he surrenders by Conf. governors of AR, LA, MO |
| 17 May1865 | Sheridan assigned to command west of the Mississippi River |
| 22 May1865 | Davis imprisoned at Fort Monroe, VA |
| 24 May 1865 | Grand Review of Sherman’s Army in Washington, DC: 38th, 68th |
| 25 May1865 | Confederates evacuate Sabine Pass, TX |
| 27 May1865 | Most people in prison were ordered freed by President Johnson |
| 29 May1865 | Pres. Johnson granted amnesty and pardon to all who participated in the “rebellion.” Property rights restored except to slaves. Operations against guerillas began in TX |
| 2 June 1865 | Smith (Conf.) accepted terms of surrender at Galveston, TX |
| 12 June 1865 | 38th Moved to Louisville, KY |
| 13 June 1865 | 48th and 83rd moved to Galveston, TX |
| 15 June 1865 | 14th to Louisville, KY |
| 20 June 1865 | 100th mustered out at Greensboro, NC |
| 1 July 1865 | 100th discharged at Cleveland, OH |
| 7 July 1865 | Lincoln conspirators’ execution |
| 11 July 1865 | 14th mustered out |
| 12 July1865 | 38th mustered out at Louisville, KY |
| 24 July1865 | 48th OH Battalion formed by consolidating 48th, 83rd, and 114th |
| 24 July1865 | Part of 83rd mustered out; some recruits transferred to the 48th OH Bat. |
| 25 July1865 | 21st mustered out at Louisville, KY |
| 10 Aug 1865 | 83rd discharged at Camp Dennison, OH |
| 11 Nov. 1865 | Capt. Henry Wirz (Conf.) commander at Andersonville Prison hung |
| 2 April 1866 | Insurrection ended in GA, SC, VA, NC, TN, LA, AR, MS, FL by declaration |
| 9 May 1866 | 48th OH Battalion Inf. Mustered out in Galveston, TX |
| 20 Aug. 1866 | Insurrection in TX officially ended |
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