70th Ohio Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at West Union, Ohio, October 14, 1861. Moved to Ripley, Ohio, December 25, thence to Paducah, Ky., February 17, 1862. Attached to District of Paducah, Ky., to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to November. 1862. 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to August, 1865.

SERVICE.--

• Moved from Paducah, Ky., to Savannah, Tenn., March 6-10, 1862.
• March 14-17, 1862 - Expedition from Savannah to Yellow Creek, Mississippi and Occupation of Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee
• April 4, 1862 - Skirmish at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee (Detachment)
• April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee

Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Russell House, near Corinth, May 17. Occupation of Corinth May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., via LaGrange, Grand Junction and Holly Springs June 1-July 21. Duty at Memphis until November. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad, November, 1862, to January, 1863. Moved to LaGrange, Tenn., and duty there until March 7, and at Moscow until June 9. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., June 9.

• May 18-July 4, 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
• Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10.
• Bolton's Ferry, Black River, July 4-6.
• Siege of Jackson July 10-17.
• Camp at Big Black until September 26.
• Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 26-November 20.
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
  • Tunnel Hill November 23-25.
  • Mission Ridge November 25.
• March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 28.
• Regiment reenlisted January 1, 1864.
• Veterans on furlough February.
• Duty at Scottsboro, Ala., until May.
• May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 8-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Resaca, Georgia
    • May 13, 1864 - Combat at Resaca, Georgia
  • May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
  • Advance on Dallas May 18-25.
  • May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Brush Mountain June 15.
  • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
  • Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
  • Ruff's Mills July 3-4.
  • Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
  • July 22, 1864 - Battle of Atlanta, Georgia
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Ezra Chapel July 28 (Hood's second sortie).
  • 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.
  • Reconnaissance from Rome on Cave Springs Road and skirmishes October 12-13.
• November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
  • Statesboro December 4.
  • Near Bryan's Court House December 8.
  • December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
    • Fort McAllister December 13.
• January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • Columbia, S.C., February 16-17.
  • Battle of Bentonville, N. C., 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 30.
• Grand Review May 24.
• Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, thence to Little Rock, Ark., and duty there until August.
• Mustered out August 14, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 70 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 188 Enlisted men by disease. Total 265.

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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, 705, 707, 715, 721, 723, 735, 779, 834, 846, 866, 1529-1530)