Organized at Camp Tiffin, Wooster· Camp Chase and
Zanesville, Ohio, September 23-December 2, 1861. Moved to Camp Dennison, Ohio,
November 28, thence to Lexington, Ky., December 19. Moved to Somerset, Ky.,
January 12, 1862. Attached to 12th Brigade, Army Ohio, to March, 1862. 26th
Brigade, 7th Division, Army Ohio, to October, 1862. 4th Brigade, Cumberland Gap
Division, District of West Virginia, Dept. Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd
Brigade, 9th Division, Right Wing, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the
Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Sherman's Yazoo
Expedition, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 9th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army
of the Tennessee, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, 13th Army
Corps, to July, 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept.
Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to September, 1863. 3rd
Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to March, 1864. 2nd
Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 19th Army Corps, to October. 1864.
SERVICE. – March to support of Gen. Thomas at battle of Mill
Springs, Ky., January 18-20, 1862. Duty at Somerset till January 31. March to
London, thence to Cumberland Ford January 31-February 12, repairing and
rebuilding roads. Reconnoissance toward Cumberland Gap March 21-23. Skirmish at
Elrod's Ridge March 22. Cumberland Gap Campaign March 28-June 18. Cumberland
Mountain April 28. Cumberland Gap April 29. Occupation of Cumberland Gap June
18-September 15. Action at Wilson's Gap June 18. Tazewell July 26 and August 6.
Operations about Cumberland Gap September 2-6. Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and
retreat to the Ohio River September 17-October 3. Action at West Liberty
September 26. Expedition to Charleston, W. Va., October 21-November 10. Ordered
to Memphis, Tenn.. November 10. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862,
to January 3, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28, 1862. Chickasaw Bluffs
December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10, 1863. Assault and
capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point,
La., January 15, thence to Milliken's Bend March 8. Operations from Milliken's
Bend to New Carthage March 31-April 17. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning
Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Thompson's Hill, Grand Gulf, May 1. Battle of
Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May
18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July
5-10. Near Clinton July 8. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Ordered to New Orleans,
La., August 13, and duty there till September 6. At Brashear City till October
3. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 18. Moved to DeCrow Point,
Matagorda Bay, Texas, November 18-28, and duty there till January, 1864, and at
Matagorda Island till April. Moved to New Orleans, La., April 18, thence to
Alexandria, La., April 23. Red River Campaign April 26-May 22. Construction of
dam at Alexandria April 30-May 10. Graham's Plantation April 5. Retreat to
Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Expedition to the Atchafalaya May 30-June
6. Duty at Morganza till October. Ordered to Columbus, Ohio, October 6.
Recruits transferred to 114th Ohio Infantry. Regiment mustered out October 31,
1864, expiration of term.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 68 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 217 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 286.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1503-4
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