Organized at Xenia, Ohio, October 5, 1861, to March 27,
1862. Ordered to Camp Chase, Ohio, February 24, 1862, and duty there till April
20. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., April 20-24. Attached to Dumont's Independent
Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1862. Unattached, Army of the Ohio, to
September, 1862. 7th Brigade, 8th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November,
1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, Army
of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army
Corps, to June, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to July,
1865.
SERVICE. – Dumont's Expedition over the Cumberland
Mountains, Tenn., June, 1862. Guard duty along railroad between Nashville and
Columbia, Tenn., till September 3. Siege of Nashville September 12-November 7.
Fort Riley near Nashville October 5. Gallatin Pike near Nashville October 20.
Duty at Nashville till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30.
Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at
Murfreesboro till June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7.
Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland
Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August
16-September 22. Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11. Battle of
Chickamauga September 19-21. Rossville Gap September 21. Siege of Chattanooga,
Tenn., September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27.
Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Regiment reenlisted
January 1, 1864. Veterans on furlough January 25-April 12. Atlanta (Ga.)
Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Mill Springs Gap May
19. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope
Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27. 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 Station
July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of
Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro
August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Operations against
Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the
sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the
Carolinas January to April, 1865. Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, N. C., March
16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House
April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via
Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky.,
June, and duty there till July. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 51 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 105 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 164.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1531