At least 10 regiments of Ohio infantry were organized at Camp Chase in
March 1865. Among them was the 195th Ohio. What was the reason for
so many regiments being organized in Ohio so late in the war? Can
anyone tell me the extent to which former Confederates, perhaps those
at Camp Chase, joined these units? I know of at least one, Chesley B.
Rakes, who had been a member of the 50th Va. Inf. before going "AWOL
to the enemy" according to a postwar roster. Rakes ended up as a
sergeant in the 195th.