100th Ohio Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Toledo, Ohio, July to September, 1862. Ordered to Cincinnati, Ohio, September 8, thence to Covington, Ky., and duty there until October 8. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to October, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, to January, 1863. District of Central Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.--Ordered to Lexington, Ky., October 8, 1862, thence to Richmond, Ky., December 1, and to Danville, Ky., December 26. To Frankfort, Ky., January 3, 1863. Duty at various points in Central Kentucky until August. Expedition to Monticello and operations in Southeastern Kentucky April 26-May 12. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. Telford Station and Limestone September 8. (240 men captured at Telford Station while guarding railroad.) Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Pursuit to Blain's Cross Roads. Duty at Blain's Cross Roads until April, 1864.

• May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
  • May 9-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia
  • May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
  • Cartersville May 20.
  • May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Lost Mountain June 15-17.
  • Muddy Creek June 17.
  • Noyes Creek June 19.
  • Cheyney's Farm June 22.
  • Near Marietta June 23.
  • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
  • Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
  • Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
  • Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Utoy Creek August 5-7.
  • Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
  • Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
  • Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
• Duty at Decatur until October 4.
• Pursuit of Hood into Northern Alabama October 4-26.

Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., until January 16, 1865. Movement to Washington, D.C., thence to Federal Point, N. C., January 16-February 9.

• February 18, 1865 - Action at Fort Anderson, North Carolina
• February 19, 1865 - Capture of Fort Anderson, North Carolina

Town Creek February 19-20. Capture of Wilmington February 22,

• March 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • Advance on Goldsboro, N. C, March 6-21.
  • Occupation of Goldsboro March 21.
  • Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
  • Near Raleigh April 13.
  • Bennett's House April 26.
    • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
• Duty at Greensboro, N. C. until June. Mustered out June 20, and discharged at Cleveland. Ohio, July 1, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 90 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 268 Enlisted men by disease. Total 317.

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 703, 704, 705, 707, 715, 823, 824, 1540-1541)