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Monday, August 4, 2014

138th Ohio Infantry

Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and mustered in May 14, 1864. Left State for Washington, D.C., May 14. Picket duty at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., May 16-22. Reached Washington May 22. Attached to 1st Brigade, DeRussy's Division. 22nd Army Corps. Assigned to duty as garrison at Forts Albany, Craig and Tillinghast, Defences of Washington, south of the Potomac, till June 5. Moved to White House Landing. Va., June 5. Picket and guard duty there till June 16. Moved to Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 16. Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James. Picket and fatigue duty at Bermuda Hundred, Point of Rocks, Broadway Landing and Cherrystone Inlet till August. Mustered out September 1, 1864.

Regiment lost during service 8 Enlisted men by disease.

SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1550