Civil War US Volunteer Service 100 Days Man RARE Ohio National Guard
Civil War US Volunteer Service - 100 Days Man - RARE - Ohio National Guard. For Private Timothy Rigly, 143rd Ohio National Guard.
Document is thanks to the Ohio Volunteers for 100 days. The Hundred Days Men was the nickname applied to a series of regiments of United States Volunteers raised in 1864 for 100-day service in the Union Army during the height of the American Civil War. These short-term, lightly trained troops freed veteran units from routine duty to allow them to go to the front lines for combat purposes. In the spring of 1864, the Governor of Ohio, John Brough, was concerned with preventing Confederate invasions of the North, as Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry raid of Ohio had done during 1863. As the Civil War entered its fourth year, troops were increasingly difficult to raise both North and South.
In the North, substantial bounties were offered to induce enlistment and the unpopular draft and substitute system was used to meet quotas. Brough proposed to enlist the state militia into federal service for a period of 100 days to provide short-term troops that would serve as guards, laborers, and rear echelon soldiers to free more veteran units for combat duty. This would increase the number of men in the Northern armies campaigning in the South and allowing the Union to achieve victory more quickly-hopefully in one hundred or fewer days. Brough expanded the idea and contacted the governors of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and New Jersey to do likewise to raise 100,000 men to offer the Lincoln Administration.The governors of these five states submitted their suggestion to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, who placed the proposal before President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln immediately approved the plan. The War Department accepted all of Ohio's recruits, and the men were ready for duty within sixteen days of enlistment. Although other states brought in a total of around 25,000 men, only Ohio came close to its goal, federalizing close to 36,000 militiamen.
Even when the system later spread to other Northern states, a total of only about 81,000 men was raised for a 100-day period. The 143rd Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 143rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 143rd OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.The 143rd Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, and mustered in May 12, 1864, for 100 days service under the command of Colonel William H. The regiment left Ohio for Washington, D. Served guard duty at Fort Slemmer, Fort Totten, Fort Slocum, and Fort Stevens, attached to 1st Brigade, Haskins' Division, XXII Corps, until June 8. Moved to White House Landing June 8, then to Bermuda Hundred. Assigned to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, X Corps, Army of the James.
Served duty in the trenches at Bermuda Hundred, City Point, and Fort Pocahontas until August 29. The 143rd Ohio Infantry mustered out of service September 13, 1864, at Camp Chase. Over 35,000 Ohio National Guardsmen were federalized and organized into regiments for 100 days service in May 1864. Grant's push on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.As events transpired, many units found themselves in combat, stationed in the path of Confederate Gen. Jubal Early's veteran Army of the Valley during its famed Valley Campaigns of 1864. Ohio Guard units met the battle-tested foe head on and helped blunt the Confederate offensive thereby saving Washington, D. Ohio National Guard units participated in the battles of Monacacy, Fort Stevens, Harpers Ferry, and in the siege of Petersburg.
As there were so few 100 day men compared to civil war infantry men, these forms are much more scarce. Printed signature of Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Stanton (Secretary of war). Approx 16 x 13 inches. See photos for condition details. Please read the description and view detailed photos.
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