47th Ohio Infantry Regiment

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47th Ohio Infantry Regiment
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Ohio state flag
ActiveAugust 13, 1861, to August 11, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Battle of Carnifex Ferry
Siege of Vicksburg, May 19 & May 22 assaults
Siege of Jackson
Chattanooga Campaign
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Dallas
Battle of New Hope Church
Battle of Allatoona
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Atlanta
Siege of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro
Battle of Lovejoy's Station
Sherman's March to the Sea
Carolinas Campaign
Battle of Bentonville
Commanders
ColonelFrederick Poschner 1861–1862
ColonelLyman S. Elliott 1862–1863
ColonelAugustus C. Parry 1863–1865

The 47th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment had 14 Medal of Honor recipients, the most of any Ohio regiment during the war.

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Service

The 47th Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio and mustered on August 13, 1861, [1] for three years service under the command of Colonel Frederick Poschner.

The regiment was attached to McCook's Brigade, Kanawha District, West Virginia, to October 1861. 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division, West Virginia, to March 1862. 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, West Virginia, to May 1862. 3rd Brigade, Kanawha Division, West Virginia, to August 1862. District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, Department of the Ohio, to December 1862. Ewing's Brigade, Kanawha Division, West Virginia, to January 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to October 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XV Corps, to June 1865. Department of Arkansas to August 1865.

The 47th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Little Rock, Arkansas, on August 11, 1865.

Detailed service

1861

Skirmishing at the New River Skirmishing, New River LCCN2003656397.jpg
Skirmishing at the New River

1862

1863

1864

1865

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 219 men during service; 2 officers and 80 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 136 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

Notable members

See also

Notes

  1. War Department (1880), p. 535.
  2. Roster Commission (1886), p. 416, vol.IV.
  3. Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (1968), p. 18.
  4. Roster Commission (1886), p. 396, vol.IV.
  5. Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (1968), p. 24.
  6. Roster Commission (1886), p. 391, vol.IV.
  7. Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (1968), p. 43.
  8. Roster Commission (1886), p. 70, vol.IV.
  9. 1 2 Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (1968), p. 121.
  10. Roster Commission (1886), p. 403, vol.IV.
  11. Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (1968), p. 75.
  12. Roster Commission (1886), p. 409, vol.IV.
  13. Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (1968), p. 82.
  14. Roster Commission (1886), p. 405, vol.IV.
  15. 1 2 Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (1968), p. 105.
  16. Roster Commission (1886), p. 397, vol.IV.
  17. 1 2 3 4 Roster Commission (1886), p. 395, vol.IV.
  18. Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (1968), p. 150.
  19. Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (1968), p. 180.
  20. Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (1968), p. 193.
  21. Roster Commission (1886), p. 398, vol.IV.
  22. Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (1968), p. 240.
  23. Roster Commission (1886), p. 394, vol.IV.
  24. Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (1968), p. 257.

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