51st Ohio Infantry

51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Active	September 17, 1861, to November 3, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Perryville Battle of Stones River Tullahoma Campaign Battle of Chickamauga Siege of Chattanooga Battle of Lookout Mountain Battle of Missionary Ridge Atlanta Campaign Battle of Resaca Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Siege of Atlanta Battle of Jonesboro Second Battle of Franklin Battle of Nashville

The 51st Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 51st OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 51st Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Meigs in Dover, Ohio, beginning September 17, 1861, and mustered in for three years' service on October 26, 1861, under the command of Colonel Thomas Stanley Matthews. The regiment was recruited in Coshocton, Darke, Madison, and Tuscarawas counties.

The regiment was attached to the 15th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, until December 1861 and to the 15th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, until March 1862. It was unattached in Nashville, Tennessee, until June 1862, when it went to the 10th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, until July 1862. It was with the 23rd Independent Brigade, Army of the Ohio, until August 1862, the 23rd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, until September 1862 and the 23rd Brigade, 5th Division, II Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. Afterward, it was attached to the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Left Wing, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, until January 1863, to the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXI Corps, Army of the Cumberland, until October 1863, the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, IV Corps, until June 1865, the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, IV Corps, until August 1865 and the Department of Texas until October 1865.

The 51st Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Victoria, Texas, on October 3, 1865. The regiment was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, on November 3, 1865.

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