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Eighth Ohio Infantry.
Kimball's Brigade--
French's Division--Second Corps.
| companies. | killed and died of wounds. | died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. | Total Enrollment. |
| Officers. | Men. | Total. | Officers. | Men. | Total. |
| Field and Staff | | 1 | 1 | | | | 18 |
| Company | A | | 11 | 11 | | 7 | 7 | 103 |
| | B | 2 | 13 | 15 | | 3 | 3 | 98 |
| | C | | 15 | 15 | | 5 | 5 | 100 |
| | D | 2 | 12 | 14 | | 9 | 9 | 107 |
| | E | | 12 | 12 | | 8 | 8 | 108 |
| | F | 1 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 93 |
| | G | | 9 | 9 | | 11 | 11 | 100 |
| | H | 1 | 15 | 16 | | 8 | 8 | 110 |
| | I | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 10 | 10 | 92 |
| | K | 1 | 12 | 13 | | 4 | 4 | 103 |
| Totals | 8 | 124 | 132 | 1 | 72 | 73 | 1,032 |
132 killed == 12.7 per cent.
Total of killed and wounded, 496.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Worthington, Va., Sept. 2, 1861 | 1 | Gettysburg, Pa. | 28 |
| Romney, W. Va., Sept. 24, 1861 | 1 | Mine Run, Va. | 1 |
| Wire Bridge, Va., Dec. 21, 1861 | 1 | Wilderness, Va. | 6 |
| Kernstown, Va. | 16 | Spotsylvania, Va., May 10-18, 1864 | 14 |
| Antietam, Md. | 43 | North Anna, Va. | 3 |
| Fredericksburg, Va. | 13 | Cold Harbor, Va. | 1 |
| Chancellorsville, Va. | 2 | Petersburg, Va. | 2 |
Present, also, at
Front Royal, Va.; Bristoe Station, Va.;
Po River, Va.;
Totopotomoy, Va.
notes.--The Eighth, under command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Sawyer, distinguished itself at
Gettysburg by its effective service at an important point on the line.
On the afternoon of the second day's battle it drove the Confederate Sharpshooters out of a cut on the
Emmettsburg Road, at a point — in front of
Hays's Division.
This advanced point, between the lines, was held by the regiment without leaving it until the close of the battle on the next day; by changing front, this advanced position enabled the Eighth to strike
Pettigrew's Division in its flank, as it fell back at the time of
Pickett's repulse, the regiment capturing three stands of colors and a large number of prisoners.
In seizing this point on the
Emmettsburg Road, and in defending it against the enemy's skirmish line during these two days, the regiment lost 18 killed, 83 wounded, and 1 missing, out of 209 present for duty.
The Eighth Ohio organized in April, 1861, as a three months regiment, but reenlisted soon after for three years. It served in
West Virginia until March, 1862, when it moved with
Shields's Division up the
Shenandoah, fighting at the
battle of Kernstown, where it lost 11 killed, 41 wounded, and 1 missing. In July it joined the Army of the Potomac at
Harrison's Landing, where it was assigned to
Kimball's (1st) Brigade, French's (3d) Division, Second Corps.
At
Antietam, the regiment lost 32 killed, and 129 wounded; at
Fredericksburg, 6 killed, and 27 wounded. While on the
Wilderness campaign the Eighth was in
Carroll's (3d) Brigade,
Gibbon's (2d) Division, Second Corps.
Orlered home June 25, 1864, for muster-out.
