Organized at Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, February to
April, 1864. Left State for Alexandria, Va., April 21, 1864. Attached to 2nd
Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1864.
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE. – Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River,
Va., May 3-June 15, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7. Spottsylvania May
8-12. Ny River May 10. Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the
Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Ox Ford May 23-24. On line of the
Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda
Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16,
1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion July 30, 1864. Six-Mile House, Weldon
Railroad, August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2.
Reconnoissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Road October 8. Boydton Plank
Road, Ratcher's Run, October 27-28. (Co. "K" organized November and
December. 1864); 9th and 10th Independent Companies Sharpshooters as Companies
"G" and "H," February 25, 1865.) Fort Stedman March 25,
1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg
April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Surrender
of Lee and his army at Appomattox Court House April 9. Moved to Alexandria,
Va., April 21-28. Duty there and at Washington, D.C., till July. Grand Review
at Washington May 23. Mustered out July 28, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 110 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 130 Enlisted men by disease. Total 243.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1525
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