(II) 5th Ohio Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 20, 1861. Left State for West Virginia July 10, 1861, and duty at Grafton, Clarksburg, Oakland and Parkersburg, W. Va., until August 5. Attached to Kelly's Command, West Virginia, to January, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Lauders' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Shields' Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to August, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland and Georgia, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty at Buckhannon, W. Va., until November 3, 1861. Action at French Creek November 3 (Cos. "A," "B" and "C"). Picket duty near Romney until January, 1862. Action near Romney December 8, 1861. Expedition to Blue's Gap January 6-7, 1862. Blue's Gap January 7 At Paw Paw Tunnel until March. Advance on Winchester March 7-15. Reconnaissance to Strasburg March 18-21.

• March 23, 1862 - Battle of Winchester, Virginia

Strasburg and Staunton Road April 1-2. Mt. Jackson April 16. March to Fredericksburg, Va., May 12-21, and return to Front Royal May 25-30. Battle of Port Republic June 9. Battles of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Guard trains during the Battles of Bull Run August 28-30.

• September 3-20, 1862 - The Maryland Campaign
  • September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland

Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September 22, and duty at Bolivar Heights until December. Reconnaissance to Rippen, W. Va., November 9. Reconnaissance to Winchester December 2-6. March to Stafford Court House, Va., December 10-14, and duty there until January 20, 1863. Dumfries, Va., December 27, 1862. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Stafford Court House until April 27.

• April 27-May 6, 1863 - The Chancellorsville Campaign
  • May 1-5, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• June 11-July 24, 1863 - The Gettysburg Campaign
  • July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24.
• Duty at New York during draft disturbances August 15-September 8.
• Moved to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3
• Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
• Battle of Wauhatchie October 28-29.
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
  • Lookout Mountain November 23-24.
  • Mission Ridge November 25.
  • Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27.
• March 31-April 2, 1864 - Expedition from Bridgeport, Alabama to Caperton's Ferry, Alabama
• May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
  • Dug Gap or Mill Creek May 8.
  • May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
  • Cassville May 19.
  • New Hope Church May 25.
  • May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Pine Hill June 11-14.
  • Lost Mountain June 15-17.
  • Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15.
  • Muddy Creek June 17.
  • Noyes Creek June 19.
  • Kolb's Farm June 22.
  • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
  • Ruff's Station or Smyrna Camp Ground July 4.
  • Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
  • Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2.
• September 2-November 15 - Occupation of Atlanta, Georgia
• November 9, 1864 - Skirmish near Atlanta, Georgia
• November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
  • December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
• January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • North Edisto River February 12-13.
  • Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21.
  • 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 20.
• Grand Review May 24.
• Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 6.
• Mustered out July 26, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 137 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 55 Enlisted men by disease. Total 203.

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 665, 703, 704, 705, 707, 715, 719, 721, 723, 761, 834, 866, 897, 905, 916, 1498)