Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 16, 1861. Left State
for Clarksburg, W. Va., June 26, 1861, arriving there June 29. Attached to
Railroad District, West Virginia, to January, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Landers'
Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Shields' 2nd Division,
Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade,
Shields' Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st
Division, 2nd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to August, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, 12th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the
Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of
the Cumberland, to June, 1864.
SERVICE.--Expedition to Weston, W. Va., June 29-30. Relief
of Glenville July 5. Advance to Sutton and Cross Lanes July 7-August 15. Moved
to Gauley Bridge August 21-22. Cross Lanes, near Summerville, August 26. At
Charleston till November. Operations in the Kanawha Valley October 19-November
16. Expedition to Loop Creek and Fayetteville November 1-15. McCoy's Mills
November 15. Expedition to Blue's Gap January 6-7, 1862. Blue's Gap January 7.
Duty at Hampton Heights and Paw Paw Tunnel till March 7. Advance on Winchester
March 7-15. Reconnoissance to Strasburg March 18-21. Battle of Winchester March
22-23. Monterey April 12. March to Fredericksburg May 12-21, and return to
Front Royal May 25-30. Battle of Port Republic June 9. Battle of Cedar Mountain
August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Guard
trains during battles of Bull Run August 28-30. Maryland Campaign September
6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., and
duty at Bolivar Heights till December. Reconnoissance to Rippon, W. Va.,
November 8. Reconnoissance to Charleston December 1-6. Berryville December 1.
March to Stafford Court House December 10-14, and duty there till January 20,
1863. Dumfries December 29. "Mud March" January 20-24. At Stafford
Court House till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of
Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of
Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Duty
at New York during draft disturbances August 29-September 8. Movement to
Bridgeport. Ala., September 24-October 3. Garrison's Creek, near Fosterville,
October 6 (Detachment). Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Lookout Mountain November 23-24.
Mission Ridge November 25. Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. At
Bridgeport, Ala., till May. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-June 11. Demonstration
on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Dug Gap, or Mill Creek, May 8. Battle of Resaca
May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. New Hope Church May 25. Operations on line of
Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona
Hills May 26-June 5. Left front for muster out June 11. Veterans and Recruits
transferred to 5th Ohio Infantry. Mustered out July 6, 1864, expiration of
term.
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 174 Enlisted
men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 87 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 273.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1498-9
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