Organized at Camp Cleveland, Ohio, and mustered in for six
months' service July 17, 1863. Moved to Zanesville, Ohio, July 19. Expedition
from Zanesville to Eagleport, Ohio, to intercept Morgan July 20-24. Skirmish at
Eagleport July 20. Expedition from Zanesville to Cambridge, Ohio, in pursuit of
Morgan July 19-25. Skirmish near New Lisbon July 26. Capture of Gen. Morgan's
Command near Salineville July 26. Moved to Camp Nelson, Ky., August 8-11.
Attached to DeCourcy's Brigade, Willcox's Left Wing forces, 23rd Army Corps,
Dept. of Ohio, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps,
Dept. Ohio, to February, 1864.
SERVICE. – Expedition under DeCourcy to Cumberland Gap
August 17-September 7, 1863. Operations about Cumberland Gap September 7-10.
Capture of Cumberland Gap September 9. Occupation of Rocky Fort September 9.
Garrison at Cumberland Gap September 9, 1863, to January 16, 1864. March to
Nicholasville, Ky., January 16-23, thence moved to Cleveland, Ohio, January
23-26. Mustered out February 10, 1864.
Regiment lost during service by disease 37 Enlisted men.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1536
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