Organized at Ripley, Ohio, September 12, 1861. Moved to
Maysville, Ky., October 1. Nelson's Campaign in Kentucky October-November.
Action at West Liberty October 21. Olympian Springs November 4. Ivy Mountain
November 8. Piketown November 8-9. Moved to Louisa, thence to Louisville and to
Columbia, Ky., December 11. Attached to 11th Brigade, Army of the Ohio,
to-December, 1861. 11th Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, to March,
1862. 11th Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 11th
Brigade, 5th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 3rd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to
January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army
of the Cumberland, to September, 1864. Unattached, 4th Division, 20th Army
Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. Tullahoma, Tenn., Defences of
Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October,
1864.
SERVICE. – Duty at Columbia, Ky., December 11, 1861, to
February 15, 1862. March to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn.,
February 15-March 8. March to Savannah, Tenn.; March 18-April 6. Battle of
Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May
30. Occupation of Corinth May 30, and pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12.
March to Stevenson, Ala., via Iuka, Miss., Tuscumbia, Florence, Huntsville and
Athens, Ala., June 12-July 24; thence to Battle Creek and duty there till
August 20. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 20-September
26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-22. Battle of Perryville October 8
(Reserve). Nelson's Cross Roads October 18, March to Nashville, Tenn., October
22-November 7, and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro
December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3,
1863. 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. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga
September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-26. Orchard
Knob November 23. Tunnel Hill November 24-25. Mission Ridge November 25.
Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville November
28-December 8. Operations in East Tennessee till April, 1864. Action at
Charleston December 28, 1863 (Detachment). Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May
1-September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Battle
of Resaca May 14-15. Adairsville May 17. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near
Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. 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 10-14 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. Flank
movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Transferred to 23rd Army Corps and ordered to
Tullahoma, Tenn., thence to Nashville, Tenn., October 24. Mustered out October
31, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 45 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 109 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 157.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1524
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