Organized by consolidation of 58th and 76th Battalions and
3rd Regiment Ohio National Guard, and mustered in May 6, 1864. Moved to
Parkersburg, W. Va., May 6; thence to New Creek May 8. Duty at New Creek till
June 7. Moved to Washington, D.C., June 7; thence to Bermuda Hundred, Va.,
arriving June 12. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army
of the James. Bermuda front June 16-17. Duty in trenches at Bermuda Hundred
till July 17. Moved to Fort Powhatan, on James River, July 17, and duty there
repairing telegraph lines from Fort to Swan's Point, and in the fortifications
to August. Built a Magazine, also a Signal tower 80 feet high. Moved to
Washington, D.C., August 10; thence to Camp Chase, Ohio. Mustered out August
20, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 1
Officer and 29 Enlisted men by disease. Total 31.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1549-50
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