14th Ohio Infantry Regiment

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14th Ohio Infantry Regiment
Active
  • April 25, 1861, to August 13, 1861 (3 months)
  • August 14, 1861, to July 11, 1865 (3 years)
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements
Insignia
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The 14th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Service

Three-months regiment

The 14th Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized at Toledo, Ohio, on April 25, 1861, under Colonel James Blair Steedman in response to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers. [1] The regiment moved to Cleveland, Ohio, April 25, then to Columbus, Ohio, May 22. Left Ohio for western Virginia May 27. Moved to Clarksburg May 29, and to Phillippi June 2. Action at Philippi June 3. Western Virginia Campaign June 6–17. Laurel Hill July 7. Belington July 8. Pursuit of Garnett July 13–17. Carrick's Ford July 13–14. Ordered to Toledo July 22. The regiment were mustered out August 13, 1861.

Three-years regiment

The 14th Ohio Infantry was reorganized at Toledo on August 14-September 5, 1861, and mustered in for three years service. [1]

Attachments

Attached ToDates
Thomas' Command, Camp Dick Robinson, Ky.to November 1861
2nd Brigade, Army of the Ohio to December 1861
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohioto September 1862
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, III Corps, Army of the Ohioto November 1862
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Center, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland to January 1863
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XIV Corpsto October 1863
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, XIV Corpsto July 1865

The 14th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky, on July 11, 1865.

Detailed service

Date(s)Actions/Events
1861
August 23Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio
August 25Moved to Frankfort, Ky.
August 28Moved to Nicholasville
October 2 to January 1At Camp Dick Robinson and Lebanon, Ky.
October 21Action at Camp Wild Cat, Rockcastle Hills
1862
January 1–15Advance on Camp Hamilton
January 19–20Action at Logan's Cross Roads or Fishing Creek (Company C)
January 19–20Battle of Mill Springs
January 21-February 11Duty at Mill Springs
February 11-March 2Moved to Louisville, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn.
March 20-April 7March to Savannah, Tenn.
April 12–13At Bear Creek, Ala.
April 29-May 30Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss.
June to AugustDuty at Iuka, Miss. and Tuscumbia, Ala.
August 7Action at Decatur, Ala.
August 20-September 26March to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Louisville, Ky.
September 29–30Rolling Fork
October 1–16Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky
October 8Battle of Perryville, Ky. (headquarters guard). March to Gallatin, Tenn., duty there until January 13, 1863
December 22 to January 2Operations against Morgan
December 29At Boston
1863
January 13Moved to Nashville thence to Murfreesboro, Tenn., with duty there until June
March 4–14Expedition toward Columbia
June 23-July 7Tullahoma Campaign
June 24–26Hoover's Gap
July 1Tullahoma
July 2-August 16Occupation of middle Tennessee
August 16-September 22Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River, and Chickamauga Campaign
September 19–21Battle of Chickamauga
September 24-November 23Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn.
November 23–27Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
November 23–24Orchard Knob
November 25Missionary Ridge
December 17Reenlisted
1864
May 1-September 8Atlanta Campaign
May 8–11Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge
May 14–15Battle of Resaca
May 18–25Advance on Dallas
May 25-June 5Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills
June 10-July 2Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain
June 11–14.Pine Hill
June 15–17Lost Mountain
June 19Pine Knob, near Marietta
June 27Assault on Kennesaw
July 4Ruff's Station
July 5–17Chattahoochie River
July 19–20Peachtree Creek
July 22-August 25Siege of Atlanta
August 5–7Utoy Creek
August 25–30Flank movement on Jonesboro
August 31-September 1Battle of Jonesboro
September 29-November 3Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama
November 15-December 10March to the sea
December 10–21Siege of Savannah
1865
January to AprilCampaign of the Carolinas
March 11Fayetteville, N. C
March 19–21Battle of Bentonville
March 24Occupation of Goldsboro
April 10–14Advance on Raleigh
April 14Occupation of Raleigh
April 26Bennett's House
April 29-May 19Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va
May 24 Grand Review of the Armies
June 15Moved to Louisville, Ky

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 332 men during service; 5 officers and 141 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 185 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

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14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Reunion 1877

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References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Dyer (1908), p. 1502.

Sources

  • Chase, John A. History of the Fourteenth Ohio Regiment, O.V.V.I.: From the Beginning of the War in 1861 to Its Close in 1865 (Toledo, OH: St. John Printing House), 1881. ISBN   9781152782358
  • Dyer, Frederick Henry (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (PDF). Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co. p. 1502. ASIN   B01BUFJ76Q . Retrieved August 8, 2015.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865, Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission (Akron, OH: Werner Co.), 1886–1895.
  • Reid, Whitelaw. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers (Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin), 1868. ISBN   9781154801965
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  • PD-icon.svg This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.
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