183rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry

The 183rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was mustered into Federal service on November 13, 1864, at Camp Dennison, Ohio. With 700 officers and enlisted men present, it arrived at Rutherford Creek on November 28th and was engaged in skirmishing at Spring Creek the following day. On November 30th, most of the regiment was posted here in the Carter yard. During this fighting, the 183rd Ohio had nearly 180 men killed, wounded, missing, or captured, including its color bearer, Sgt. Ferdinand Herencourt, and its Lieut. Colonel, Mervin Clark. Some later died in southern prison camps, and a few survived the camps only to perish when the riverboat Sultana exploded in April 1865.

Franklin, Tennessee · United States