Organized at Camp Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio, October 6, 1862.
Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, January 3, 1863; thence moved to Louisville, Ky.,
and duty there till January 28. Attached to District of Western Kentucky, Dept.
of the Ohio, to February, 1863. Franklin, Tenn., Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the
Cumberland, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of
the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps,
Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army
Corps and Dept. of Texas, to September, 1865.
SERVICE. – Moved from Louisville, Ky., to Nashville, Tenn.,
January 28, 1863; thence to Franklin, Tenn., March 5, and duty there till June.
Repulse of attack on Franklin March 9. Moved to Triune June 2, thence to
Murfreesboro, Tenn. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. At
Hillsboro July 3-August 5. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee
River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Occupation of
Chattanooga September 9. Lee and Gordon's Mills September 11-13. Near Lafayette
September 14. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga,
Tenn., September 24-November 23. Colwell's Ford November 19.
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24.
Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. March to
relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 8. Operations in East
Tennessee till April, 1864. Charlestown December 28, 1863. Operations about
Dandridge January 16-17, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8.
Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap
May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Adairsville May 17. Near Kingston May
18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line
of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona
Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain
June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on
Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Mills July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Buckhead,
Nancy's Creek, June 18. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July
22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro
August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood
in North Georgia and North Alabama October 3-November 3. Nashville Campaign
November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Spring Hill November
29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit
of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and
duty there till March, 1865. At Knoxville, Blue Springs and Nashville till
June. Moved to New Orleans, La., June 16; thence to Texas and duty there till
September. Mustered out September 25, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 104 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 114 Enlisted men by disease. Total 225.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1548-9
