The "60 Round Boys"
This being a monthly history of the 55th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
For August 2002 by Bill Johnson


During the month of August, 1863, the 55th Ohio, along with its brigade, was encamped near Catlett's Station, Virginia. Though inactive, the regiment performed its share of "very heavy" picket duty. Not much else is recorded for this time.

 

Sources:
Trials and Triumphs: A Record of the Fifty-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Hartwell Osborne, 1904, A.C. Clurg & Co., Chicago.
All Brave And True by Dan Munson, 1987.

 

Previous Installments

 

For 1861

August September October November December

 

For 1862

January February March April May June July August September October November December

 

For 1863

January February April May June July

 

For 1864

July August September October November December

 

For 1865

January February March April May June July

 

 

 

 

 


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