Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and mustered in August 26,
1862. Ordered to Covington. Ky., September 4. Defence of Covington, Ky., and
Cincinnati, Ohio, against Kirby Smith's threatened attack September 4-12.
Ordered to Louisville, Ky., September 18. Attached to 39th Brigade, 12th
Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. District of Western Kentucky,
Dept. of Ohio, to December, 1862. Prisoners of war to March, 1863. District of
Western Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. Post of Gallatin, Tenn., Dept. of
the Cumberland, to May, 1864. Unassigned, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept.
of the Cumberland, Garrison of Bridgeport, Ala., to July, 1864. 3rd Brigade,
Defences of Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to
February, 1865. Stevenson, Ala., District of North Alabama, Dept. of the
Cumberland, to June, 1865.
SERVICE. – March to Frankfort, Ky., October 3-9, 1862, and
duty there till October 24. March to Bowling Green, Ky., October 24-November 4,
thence to Glasgow, Ky., November 10. Action near Tompkinsville November 19,
Moved to Hartsville, Tenn., November 28. Battle of Hartsville December 7.
Regiment captured and paroled. Exchanged January 12, 1863. At Camp Parole,
Columbus, Ohio, till March. Ordered to Lexington, Ky., March 24, thence to
Frankfort, and duty there till May, operating against guerrillas: Moved to
Nashville, Tenn., May 1-4, thence to Gallatin, Tenn., June, and guard duty
along Louisville & Nashville Railroad from Nashville to borders of Kentucky
till May, 1864. Butler's Mill, near Buck Lodge, June 30 (Detachment). Moved to
Bridgeport, Ala., May 4, and garrison duty there till January, 1865. Skirmish
at Cane Creek, Ala., June 10, 1864. At Stevenson, Ala., January to June, 1865.
Mustered out June 29, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 27 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 21 Enlisted men by disease. Total
52.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1543
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