Organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, August 16 to September 21,
1864. Mustered in September 21, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn.,
September 23, arriving there September 26. Moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., and
duty in the Defences of that city till October 27. Attached to Post of
Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. District of
North Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st
Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of
North Carolina to June, 1865.
SERVICE. – Moved from Murfreesboro to Decatur, Ala., October
27. Defence of Decatur October 27-29. Moved to Elk River October 29. (4 Cos.
Detached at Athens, Ala.). Returned to Decatur November 1 and duty there till
November 25. Moved to Murfreesboro November 25. Action at Overall's Creek
December 4. Siege of Murfreesboro December 5-12. Wilkinson's Pike, near Murfreesboro,
December 7. Ordered to Clifton, Tenn., and duty there till January 17, 1865.
Movement to Washington, D.C., January 17-29, and duty there till February 21.
Moved to Fort Fisher, N. C., February 21-23, to Morehead City February 24, and
to New Berne February 25. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 6-21. Battle
of Wise's Forks March 8-10. Occupation of Kinston March 14, and of Goldsboro
March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh
and Charlotte, N. C., till June. Mustered out at Charlotte, N. C., June 28,
1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 21 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 94 Enlisted men by disease. Total
117.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1553
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