Organized at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, September to
November, 1861. Moved to Catlettsburg, Ky., December 14, 1861; thence to
Louisa, Ky. Attached to 18th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to March, 1862. 26th
Brigade, 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October, 1862. 4th Brigade,
Cumberland Division, District of West Virginia, Dept. of the 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. of the
Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept, of the Gulf to September, 1863. 3rd Brigade,
1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to November, 1863.
Plaquemine, District of Baton Rouge, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to March, 1864.
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864.
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, to December, 1864.
SERVICE. – Garfield's Campaign against Humphrey Marshall
December 23, 1861, to January 30, 1862. Advance on Paintsville, Ky., December
31, 1861, to January 7, 1862, Jennies Creek January 7. Occupation of
Paintsville January 8. Middle Creek, near Prestonburg, January 10. Occupation
of Prestonburg January 11. Expedition to Pound Gap, Cumberland Mountains, March
14-17, Pound Gap March 16. Cumberland Gap Campaign March 28-June 18. Cumberland
Mountain April 28. Occupation of Cumberland Gap June 18 to September 16.
Tazewell July 26. Operations about Cumberland Gap August 2-6. Big Springs
August 3. Tazewell August 6. Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to the
Ohio River September 17-October 3. Expedition to Charleston October 21-November
10. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., November 10, and duty there till December 20.
Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Chickasaw
Bayou December 26-28. Chickasaw Bluff 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 17. Duty there and at
Milliken's Bend, La., till April 25. Operations from Milliken's Bend to New
Carthage March 31-April 17. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April
25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Skirmish near Edwards Station May 15.
Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black PAver 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, Moved to
New Orleans, La., August 13. Duty at Carrollton, Berwick and Brashear City till
October. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 20. Duty at Plaquemine
November 21, 1863, to March 24, 1864. Provost duty at Baton Rouge till May 1.
Expedition to Clinton May 1-3. Comite River May 1. Moved to Simsport May 18,
thence to Morganza and duty there till September 6. Expeditions up White River
July 15 and September 6-15. Moved to Duvall's Bluff, Ark., September 15, and
duty there till November. Companies "A," "B," "C"
and "D" mustered out September 30, 1864. Companies "E" and
"F" mustered out November 25, 1864, and Companies "G,"
"H," "I" and "K" mustered out December 2, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 58 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 3 Officers and 178 Enlisted men by disease. Total 240.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1516
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