52nd Ohio Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, August, 1862. Loft State for Lexington, Ky., August 25. Attached to 36th Brigade, 11th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October, 1862. 36th Brigade, 11th Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--March to relief of General Nelson August 29-September 1. Action at Richmond August 30. Kentucky River August 31. Lexington September 2. Pursuit of Bragg to Crab Orchard. Ky., October 3-15.
March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7. Action at Mitchellsville November 5. Duty at Nashville, Tenn., until March, 1863. Escort ammunition trains to Stone's River December 28-80, 1862. Moved to Brentwood, Tenn., March, 1863, and duty there until June 5. Moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., and duty there until July 16. Garrison duty at Nashville, Tenn., until August 20. March to Bridgeport, Ala., via Franklin, Columbia, Athens and Huntsville. August 20-September 14.
- August 16-September 22, 1863 -
The Chickamauga Campaign
[1] - September 24-October 27, 1863 -
Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
[2] - Duty in Lookout Valley until November 6.
- Temporarily attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps.
- At Chickamauga Creek until November 24.
- November 23-27, 1863 -
The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
- Tunnel Hill November 24-25.
- Mission Ridge November 25
- Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27
- March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 18
- At North Chickamauga and McAffee's Church, Ga., until May, 1864.
- Demonstration on Dalton February 22-27.
- Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25.
- May 1-September 8, 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- Tunnel Hill May 6-7.
- May 8-11, 1864 -
Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
- Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9.
- May 14-May 15, 1864 -
Battle of Resaca, Georgia
- Rome May 17-18.
- 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.
- Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, 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
- Utoy Creek August 5-7.
- 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.
- 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
- Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, N. C., March 16.
- Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.
- Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
- Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
- 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.
- Mustered out June 3, 1865.
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 94 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 168 Enlisted men by disease. Total 270.
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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 701, 703, 704, 705, 707, 715, 721, 723, 733, 834, 860, 866, 1521)