6th Regiment United States Veteran Volunteer Infantry Companies E, G, and H

Companies E, G, and H of the 6th Regiment United States Veteran Volunteer Infantry was mustered into service on April 8, 1865, at Tod Barracks in Columbus, Ohio. Six Ohioans served in Company E. with twelve Ohioans enlisting in Company G, and seventy-eight serving in Company H. The enlistees were primarily veterans of the American Civil War. While some had been honorably discharged, others had recuperated from wounds received on the battlefield and joined these new companies in April 1865. A few men were also new recruits. The soldiers' term of service was one year. The soldiers saw no combat during the Civil War and spent the last few months of the war in the vicinity of Washington, DC.