Organized at West Union, Ohio, October 14, 1861. Moved to
Ripley, Ohio, December 25, thence to Paducah, Ky., February 17, 1862. Attached
to District of Paducah, Ky., to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of
the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis,
Tenn., to November. 1862. 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Right
Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 1st Division, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862.
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st
Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army
Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to August,
1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to
August, 1865.
SERVICE. – Moved from Paducah, Ky., to Savannah, Tenn.,
March 6-10, 1862. Expedition to Yellow Creek and occupation of Pittsburg
Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Crump's Landing April 4. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn.,
April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Russell
House, near Corinth, May 17. Occupation of Corinth May 30. March to Memphis,
Tenn., via LaGrange, Grand Junction and Holly Springs June 1-July 21. Duty at
Memphis till November. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, operations on the
Mississippi Central Railroad, November, 1862, to January, 1863. Moved to
LaGrange, Tenn., and duty there till March 7, and at Moscow till June 9.
Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., June 9. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance
on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Bolton's Ferry, Black River, July 4-6. Siege of
Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Big Black till September 26. Moved to Memphis,
Tenn., thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 26-November 20.
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 23-25.
Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November
28-December 28. Regiment reenlisted January 1, 1864. Veterans on furlough
February. Duty at Scottsboro, Ala., till May. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May
1-September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of
Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. 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. Brush Mountain June 15. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July
2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Battle of Atlanta
July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel July 28 (Hood's second
sortie). Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August
31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North
Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Reconnoissance from Rome on
Cave Springs Road and skirmishes October 12-13. March to the sea November
15-December 10. Statesboro December 4. Near Bryan Court House December 8. Siege
of Savannah December 10-21. Fort McAllister December 13. Campaign of the
Carolinas January to April, 1865. Columbia, S.C., February 16-17. Battle of
Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. 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 30. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, thence
to Little Rock, Ark., and duty there till August. Mustered out August 14, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 70 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 188 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 265.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1529-30
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