Nancy and other Ohio Union Civil War descendants: A great publication by Whitelaw Reid, "Ohio in the War" v.2, (1895) reprinted 1998, has a list of every Ohio unit. Some have excellent accounts of recruiting. pp.371-375 deal with the 63rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Here are some excerpts. The Sixty-Third Ohio was organized by a consolidation of two battalions. The Twenty-second battalion was recruited at Camp Worthington (Chillicothe, Ohio). The Sixty-third battalion was recruited at Marietta, Ohio. Does Chillicothe sound right to you? It is close by.... A list of officers appears, but I do not see anyone named Kennedy as a captain or lieutenant. John W. Sprague, the great railroad organizer from Huron city, Erie County, Ohio, was the regiment's first colonel. John Rutherford > ---------- > > From: Nancy L Galaway <ngalaway@juno.com> > > To: OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [OHADAMS-L] Re: Help on Civil War > > Date: Monday, August 02, 1999 3:40 PM > > > > Does anyone know anything about the 63rd Regiment > of Ohio in the Civil > > War. The little information I have says my great > grandfather was in the > > 63rd Regiment and I assumed Adams Co., OH because > he lived near Locus > > Grove, OH. I have learned Adams Co. did not have > a 63rd Regiment. I was > > hoping someone on the list might be a Civil War > buff and be able to give > > me an answer. _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com