32nd Ohio Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Mansfield, Ohio, August 20 to September 7, 1861. Left State for Grafton, W. Va., September 15, thence moved to Cheat Mountain Summit. Attached to Kimball's Brigade, Cheat Mountain, District West Virginia, to November, 1861. Milroy's Brigade, Reynolds' Command, Cheat Mountain, District West Virginia, to March, 1862. Milroy's Brigade, Dept. of the Mountains, to June, 1862. Piatt's 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to July, 1862. Piatt's Brigade, White's Division, Winchester, Va., to September, 1862. Miles' Command, Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September, 1862. Captured September 15, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, January to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Action at Greenbrier River, W. Va., October 3-4, 1861. Duty at Greenbrier until December.

• December 13, 1861 - Engagement at Camp Allegheny, West Virginia

Duty at Beverly December, 1861, to April, 1862. Expedition on the Seneca April 1-12. Action at Monterey April 12. At Staunton until May 7. Battle of McDowell May 8. Battle of Cross Keys June 8. Duty at Strasburg and Winchester until September. Evacuation of Winchester September 2.

• Defence of Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September 12-15.
  • September 12-13, 1862 - Action at Maryland Heights, Maryland
  • Regiment surrendered September 15.
  • Paroled September 16 and sent to Annapolis, Md., thence to Chicago, Ill., and to Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Exchanged January 12, 1863.

Moved to Memphis, Tenn., January 20-25, 1863, thence to Lake Providence, La., February 20, and to Milliken's Bend, La., April 17. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30.

• May 1, 1863 - Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi
• Raymond May 12.
• Jackson May 14.
• Champion's Hill May 16.
• May 18-July 4, 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
  • May 19, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
  • May 22, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
  • July 4, 1863 - Surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi
• Garrison duty there until February, 1864.
  • August 20-September 2, 1863 - Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Monroe, Louisiana
• Expedition to Canton October 14-20.
• Bogue Chitto Creek October 17.
• February 3-March 2, 1864 - Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Meridian, Mississippi
• Baker's Creek February 5.
• Moved to Clifton, Tenn., thence march to Ackworth, Ga., April 21-June 8.
• June 8-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
  • Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
  • Howell's Ferry July 5.
  • Chattahoochie River July 6-17.
  • Leggett's or Bald Hill July 20-21.
  • July 22, 1864 - Battle of Atlanta, Georgia
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
  • Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
  • Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
• Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3.
  • Shadow Church and Westbrook's near Fairburn October 2.
• November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
  • Louisville November 30.
  • December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
• January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • Salkehatchie Swamp, S. C., February 2-5.
  • River's Bridge, Salkehatchie River, February 3.
  • South Edisto River February 9.
  • Orangeburg February 11-12.
  • Columbia February 15-17.
  • Fayetteville, N. C., March 11.
  • Battle of Bentonville March 20-21.
  • 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 8.
• Mustered out July 20, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 99 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 143 Enlisted men by disease. Total 240.

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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, 715, 721, 723, 760, 777, 779, 782, 785, 834, 971, 1511-1512)