103rd Ohio Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Cleveland, Ohio, August, 1862. Ordered to Kentucky September 3, 1862. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to October, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, January, 1863. 1st Brigade, District of Central Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Pursuit of Kirby Smith to Lexington, Ky., September 18-22, 1862. Duty at Snow's Pond until October 6, and at Frankfort until May, 1863. Expedition to Monticello and operations in Southeastern Kentucky April 26-May 12, 1863. Action at Monticello May 1. Duty in Central Kentucky until August. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. At Greenville until September 19. Carter's Depot September 20-21. Jonesboro September 21. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Operations about Dandridge January 16-17, 1864. Duty at Blain's Cross Roads until April, 1864.
- May 1-September 8, 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign- Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-13.
- 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 - Near Marietta June 1-9.
- 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.
- Olley's Farm June 26-27.
- Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
- Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
- Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
- Isham's Ford, Chattahoochie River, July 8 (1st Regiment to cross).
- Decatur July 18-19.
- July 22-August 25, 1864 -
Siege of Atlanta, Georgia - Utoy Creek August 5-7.
- Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
- Near Rough and Ready August 31.
- Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
- Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
- Operations against Hood in Northern Georgia and Northern Alabama October.
At Decatur until October 20. 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 North Carolina January 16-February 9. Operations against Hoke, near Fort Fisher, N. C., February 11-14. Near Sugar Loaf Battery February 11.
- February 18, 1865 -
Action at Fort Anderson, North Carolina - February 19, 1865 -
Capture of Fort Anderson, North Carolina
Fort Anderson, Cape Fear River, February 18-19. Town Creek February 19-20. Capture of Wilmington February 22.
- January 1-April 26, 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign- Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21.
- Occupation 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, N. C., and in the Dept. of North Carolina until June.
- Mustered out June 12, 1865.
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 137 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 106 Enlisted men by disease. Total 148.
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 703, 705, 707, 715, 823, 824, 1541-1542)
