Camp Meigs, in what is now Dover, Ohio, produced two of the finest volunteer infantry regiments to serve from the State of Ohio during the American Civil War. This camp was located on the county fairgrounds in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The men came primarily from Coshocton and Tuscarawas Counties, while Carroll, Holmes, and Guernsey Counties contributed additional men.
Camp Meigs has been forgotten but not the two regiments that was raised in this camp. The 51st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment and the 80th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment both had very distinguished service during the war. The 51st Infantry mustered into service 2,092 men from September 1862 through October 1865, while the 80th Infantry mustered into service 1,287 men from November 1862 through August 1865.
This work is not a complete history of these two regiments during the Civil War. These histories can be found in other published works. This publication is a history of Camp Meigs with a more complete roster of the men who served in these two regiments.
Mr. Johnson is a lineal descendant of four veterans of the American Civil War, and he is a Fellow of the Ohio Genealogical Society and a Registrar-General Emeritus for the General Society of the War of 1812. He has authored over twenty-five books on military genealogy on the War of 1812, Mexican-American War, and the Civil War, plus one book on early Ohio history., Ohio, Genealogy, Civil War, 51st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 80th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Meigs, Eric Eugene Johnson| 9781257022465 | 284PAGES