The 67th Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized by consolidation of recruits for the 67th Ohio Infantry and
45th Ohio Infantry and mustered in for three years service under the command of
Colonel Otto. The regiment was initially armed with outdated Prussian Potsdam muskets, an unpopular weapon that the soldiers considered more dangerous to the shooter than the person being shot at, aside from the flank companies which had Enfield rifles (the Potsdam muskets were replaced with Springfield rifles later that year). Colonel Burstenbinder was even less popular, being described in regimental histories as "an imbecile, imposter, and knave detested by all". He had completely failed to instill even a minimum of training and discipline in the regiment, and on March 12, 1862, he was arrested and court-martialed. Lt. Col
Alvin C. Voris assumed command of the regiment and led it in its first engagement at Kernstown. He was promoted to colonel shortly after the battle and led the regiment for the remainder of its service. At Ft. Waagner in 1863, Voris was wounded in the abdomen but remained on duty. He achieved a degree of medical history a decade after the war when he underwent surgery after complaining of severe abdominal pain. Doctors found half of a Minie ball lodged in his
bladder, and Voris had gone with this condition for years without any apparent ill effects. He recovered successfully from the operation and lived until 1904 when he died at the age of 77. The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, Landers' Division,
Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 1st Brigade, Shields' 2nd Division, Banks'
V Corps, and Department of the Shenandoah, to May 1862. 1st Brigade, Shields' Division, Department of the Rappahannock, May 1862. 2nd Brigade, Shields' Division, Department of the Rappahannock, to July 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division,
IV Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862. Ferry's Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Virginia,
VII Corps,
Department of Virginia, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division,
XVIII Corps,
Department of North Carolina, to February 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, XVIII Corps, Department of the South, to April 1863. U.S. Forces, Folly Island, South Carolina,
X Corps, Department of the South, to June 1863. 1st Brigade, Folly Island, South Carolina, X Corps, to July 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Morris Island, South Carolina, X Corps, July 1863. 2nd Brigade, Morris Island, South Carolina, X Corps, to October 1863. Howell's Brigade, Gordon's Division, Folly Island, South Carolina, X Corps, to December 1863. District Hilton Head, South Carolina, 10th Army Corps, to April 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, X Corps,
Army of the James, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to December 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division,
XXIV Corps, to August 1865. Department of Virginia to December 1865. The 67th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at
City Point, Virginia, on December 12, 1865. ==Detailed service==