Organized at Camp McArthur, Urbana, Ohio, and mustered in
December 17, 1861. Ordered to New Creek, W. Va., January 17, 1862. Attached to
3rd Brigade, Landers' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade,
Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to
May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Shields' Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June,
1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, 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 of the Potomac, to October, 1863,
and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army
Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE. – Advance toward Winchester, Va., March 7-15, 1862.
Provost duty at Martinsburg, Winchester and Strasburg till May. March to
Fredericksburg, Va., May 12-21, and to Port Republic May 25-June 7. Battle of
Port Republic June 9. Ordered to Alexandria and duty there till August.
Operations near Cedar Mountain August 10-18. Pope's Campaign in Northern
Virginia August 18-September 2. Guarding trains of the army during the battles
of Bull Run August 28-30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam
September 16-17. Duty at Bolivar Heights till December. Reconnoissance to
Rippon, W. Va., November 9. Reconnoissance to Winchester December 2-6.
Berryville December 1. Dumfries December 27. "Mud March" January
20-24, 1863. 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 July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap,
Va., July 5-24. Duty at New York during draft disturbances August 15-September
8. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. Skirmish at 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. Regiment reenlisted December 15, 1863. Duty at Bridgeport and in
Alabama till May, 1864. Scout to Caperton's Ferry March 29-April 2. Expedition
from Bridgeport down Tennessee River to Triana April 12-16. Atlanta (Ga.)
Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge
May 8-11. Dug Gap or Mill Creek May 8. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. 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 25-June 5.
Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine
Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15.
Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. 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. Operations at
Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta
September 2-November 15. Near Atlanta November 9. March to the sea November
15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas
January to April, 1865. Little Cohora Creek, N. C., March 16. Battle of
Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh
April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26.
Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond,
Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and
there mustered out July 15, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 96 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 143 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 245.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1527-8
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