1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry & Calvary - Uniforms and armament?

[Nimble Fingers]

My wife got me ancestry.com for my birthday and I have found it very informative in as much as I had a Great, Great Grandfather in the infantry and Uncle in the cavalry.  But I have yet to find someplace to tell me what their uniforms were or looked like and what weapons they carried.  Is there some website that can provide me with that information?  Thanks in advance.

Nimble Fingers
SE FL

[Major 2]

The Dyers Compendium of the War of the Rebellion can give you the unit history & campaigns...
National Archives may provide you with a copy of both muster & discharge papers ...

Here is some help
http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cw1.html

http://www.ohiocivilwarcentral.com/entry.php?rec=892

BTW its CAVALRY 

http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cwc1.html 

Photos  http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0oG7lhpX6FSeC0A13JXNyoA?p=1st+ohio+volunteer+cavalry+photo&fr=uh3_my_web_gs&fr2=piv-web

Happy hunting 

[JimBob]

Ohio Historical Society
FLM 293
Executive Documents, annual reports of Ohio 1861

Page 583
During the period of eight months, from April 15th to Decemeber 15th, there has been received from the United States, for the use of troops called into active service, the following ordnance and ordnance stores, viz:
Page 584
U.S. muskets altered to percussion 26,533
U.S. muskets new percussion, 69 calibre 15,020*
Percussion rifle muskets, 69 calibre (Pondir's) 4,991
French rifles 69 calibre 948,
French rifles 57 calibre 1,000
Saxony rifle muskets, 71 calibre 2,680
Sword bayonet rifles 894
Enfield rifles1,480
Smooth-bore Prussian muskets 5,020

Page 584
There has been received at the State Arsenal, on account of purchases made and for the State of Ohio, from April 15th to December 15th, 1861, inclusive, the following mentioned articles:
Page 585
Infantry
Enfield rilfes 11,480
Long-range Whitney rifles 420

All the bills for purchases by the State will be charged to the United States, and the distribution of the stores reported to the United States in our property return, so that the State is acting merely as agent for, or co-operating with, the General Government.
I presume it is not expected that any of the property thus turned over to the United States troops will ever be returned directly to the State.

Ohio Historical Society
FLM 293
Executive Documents, annual reports of Ohio 1862

Page 443
Ordnance Stores Received From January 1, 1862, To December 31, 1862, Inclusive;
(From U. States Arsenals And Officers)
Page 444
Infantry
U.S. percussion muskets, smoothbore 362
U.S. altered to percussion muskets, smoothbore 1,708
U.S. Percussion muskets, 69 cal., rifled 966
U.S. rifle muskets, "Springfield," 58 cal 12,981
Enfield rifle muskets, angular bayonet 23,032
Rifle muskets, "Pondir's" 69 cal. 706
French rifle muskets, 69-71 cal. 7,414
Austrian rifle muskets, 54 cal. 23,956
Austrian rifle muskets, 58 cal. 9,870
Austrian rifle muskets, 69-71 cal. 10,875
French rifle muskets, saber bayonet, 58 cal. 1,200
Jager rifles, 54 cal. 400
Prussian smoothbore muskets 10,623
Prussian rifles, brown, 69 cal. 100

Page 445
Purchased by the State of Ohio Under Authority of the War Department, from January 1, to December 31, 1862, Including deliveries on contracts made in 1861.
Page 446
Infantry
Enfield rifle muskets 1,500

Ohio Historical Society
FLM 293
Executive Documents, annual reports of Ohio 1863

Page 536
About the first of August application was made to the Secretary of War to relieve the State authorities from any further charge of ordnance stores belonging to the General Government... The transfer was perfected on the first of October 1863, since which time all stores belonging to the General Government, though retained in the State Arsenal, have been under the exclusive control of the Ordnance Department at Washington, and issues therefrom made by a regular Ordnance officer of the United States... The only care and responsibility of this department, as to Ordnance, is now confined to the arms, accoutrements and ammunition received by the transfer from the General Government.

Page 613
Memorandum of stores transferred by the United States to the State of Ohio "on account of any quota due or to become due, under the law of 1808, for arming and equipping the whole body of the Militia," with the value thereof, as appraised by Captains Todd and Treadwell of the Ordnance Department, under instructions from the Chief of Ordnance. Transfer made September 24, 1863.

320 U.S. rifles, sword bay't, cal. 54, serviceable at $17...$5,440 00
176 U.S. rifles, sword bay't, cal. 54, bay'ts wanting, at $12..2,112 00
329 U.S. rifles, no bayonet, cal. 54, want repairs, at $12......3,948 00
700 light French rifles, sword bayonet, new, at $18.50........12,950 00
1,500 U.S. rifle muskets, altered, cal. 69, want repairs, at $4...6,000 00
154 U.S. rifle muskets, altered, cal. 69, irreparable...............   
1,939 U.S. rifle muskets, model'42, cal. 69, serviceable, at $12......23,268 00
182 U.S. rifle muskets, model'42, cal. 69, want repairs, at $12......2,184 00
1,210 Austrian rifle muskets, cal. 58, serviceable, at $10............12,100 00
1,661 Austrian rifle muskets, cal. 54, serviceable, at $9.............14,949 00
2,178 Austrian rifle muskets, cal. 54, want repairs, at $9............19,602 00
632 Belgian rifle muskets, cal. 69, serviceable, at $9..............5,688 00
38 Belgian rifle muskets, cal. 69, irreparable .....................
2,402 French rifle-muskets, cal. 69, want repairs, at $8............19,216 00
100 French rifle-muskets, cal. 69, irreparable......................
2,346 French rifle-muskets, cal. 71, want repairs, at $8............18,763 00
400 Jager rifles, sword bayonet, cal. 54, serviceable, at $10......4,000 00
567 U.S. smooth bore muskets, model'42, serviceable, at $9...5,103 00
392 U.S. smooth bore muskets, model'42, want repairs, at $9...3,523 00
4,096 U.S. smooth bore muskets, model'22, want repairs, at $4....16,384 00
549 U.S. smooth bore muskets, model'22, irreparable..............
194 Prus. and Sax'y rifle-mus., cal. 70-71, serviceable, at $8.....1,552 00
1,454 Prus. and Sax'y smooth bore muskets, cal. 70-71, serviceable, at$7.50...10,905 00
4,212 Prus. and Sax'y smooth bore muskets, cal. 70-71, want repairs, at $5.00..21,060 00
783 Prus. and Sax'y smooth bore muskets, cal. 70-71, irreparable..............
$208,757 00
From which is deducted the sum of 75 cents each on 26,890 arms as the average cost of repairing them, equal to........................ 20,167 50
Cost of muskets and rifles................................................. $188,589 50

Here's the link to the thread=

http://www.authentic-campaigner.com/forum/archive/index.php/...

The "Greenwood" musket referred to below were rifled smoothbore muskets of the 1842 pattern or earlier flint smoothbores converted to percussion.


The following is a list of those regiments that were issued the Rifled Musket or what was known as the Greenwood Musket:
1st – November 1, 1861: 740
2nd – September 18, 1861: 800 – 69 cal. Rifled Muskets 1st Class   
6th – August 24, 1861: 752
-   69 cal. Rifled Muskets Bright (700)
-   69 cal. Rifled Muskets Browned (100)
-   48 Browned muskets were returned
8th – September 12, 1861: 576   
11th – January 20, 1862: 98
12th – August 14, 1861: 12   
13th – August 9, 1861: 800 – 2nd Class 69 cal. Rifled Muskets   
14th – September 20, 1861: 1,000
15th – October 1, 1861: 690 – 2nd Class Rifled Muskets Greenwood
October 16, 1861: 40
17th – September 24, 1861: 784 – 69 cal. Rifled Muskets – Browned Muskets
18th – November 5, 1861: 720
20th – October 29, 1861: 550 – Greenwood Rifles
January 8, 1862: 250
February 11, 1862: 53
21st – September 20, 1861: 800 2nd Class Muskets
26th – July 31, 1861: 800 – 2nd Class Rifled Muskets
30th – August 28, 1861: 800 – 69 cal. Rifled Muskets
31st – September 13, 1861: 375 69 cal. Rifled Muskets 2nd Class
September 30, 1861: 5
32nd – September 10, 1861: 800 69 cal. Rifled Muskets
33rd – August 21, 1861: 500 – 69 cal. Rifled Muskets
October 10, 1861: 200
34th – September 10, 1861: 800 – 69 cal. Rifled Muskets
35th – September 17, 1861: 420 – 69 cal. Rifled Muskets
September 19, 1861: 800
37th – October 1, 1861: 385 – 2nd Class Rifled Muskets Greenwood
– 120 of 385 were Browned Muskets
November 11, 1861: 100
38th – September 26, 1861: 750 – 69 cal. 1st Class Rifled Muskets
39th – August 14, 1861: 800 – 69 cal. Rifled Muskets
41st – November 8, 1861: 680
44th – October 10, 1861: 780
45th – Date unknown: received – unknown, see Rifled Muskets returned below.
47th – August 27, 1861: 800 – 69 cal. Rifled Muskets
49th – September 18, 1861: 700 – 69 cal. Rifled Muskets 1st Class
51st – November 6, 1861: 703
52nd – September 30, 1861: 220 – 69 cal. Rifled Muskets
See as: Col. A. E. Jones – September 30, 1861: 220
55th – Date unknown: 182 – Rifled Muskets

The following is a list of regiments that returned the rifled musket:
12th – January 3, 1862: 528 Altered Muskets .69 cal returned as unserviceable
170 Enfield Muskets .58 cal returned as unserviceable
55th – January 7, 1862: 150 New Percussion .69 cal
270 Altered Muskets .69 cal
182 Rifled Muskets .69 cal
45th – January 15, 1862: 100 Altered Muskets .69 cal
44th – January 31, 1862: 682 Rifled Muskets .69 cal
20th – February 8, 1862: 102 Rifled Muskets .69 cal
52nd – April 30, 1862: 220 Rifled Muskets .69 cal
112 Rifled Muskets .58 cal

Special Note: The State of Ohio did not report having any flintlock muskets in its inventory by April 15, 1861. On August 21, 1861 the State of Ohio received 80 muskets which were captured in western Virginia. On November 4, 1861 two regiments were issued flintlock muskets. The 69th Regiment was issued 80 flintlock muskets that had been captured in western Virginia. The 74th Regiment was issued 200 flintlocks on November 4, 1861 as well. There is no other information regarding flintlocks used by Ohio regiments.

[Nimble Fingers]

Thank you for the spelling lesson, was writing it late and have been spelled by spell check automatically fixing it.

Thank you all for the great websites, now I will have some fun checking them out!

Nimble Fingers