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55th Ohio Regiment Infantry.

Organized at Norwalk, Ohio, September to December, 1861.

Mustered in January 25, 1862.

Ordered to Grafton, W. Va., January 25.

Attached to Schenck's Brigade, Railroad District, West Virginia, to March, 1862.

Railroad District, Dept. of the Mountains, to April, 1862.

Schenck's Brigade, Dept. of the Mountains, to June, 1862.

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1863.

2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864.

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland and Army of Georgia, to July, 1865.

Service.

Moved from Grafton to New Creek, W. Va., February 3, 1862.

Expedition to Romney February 6.

Expedition to Moorefield February 12-16.

Action at Moorefield February 12.

Moved to Grafton February 19, and duty there till March 31.

Moved to Green Spring River March 31, thence to Romney April 10.

Ordered to join Milroy at Monterey.

Battle of McDowell May 8.

March to the Shenandoah Valley May 26-29.

Near Franklin May 26.

Harrisonburg June 6.

Battle of Cross Keys June 8.

At Middletown till July 7, and at Sperryville till August 8.

Reconnoissance to Madison Court House July 16-19.

Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9 (Reserve).

Slaughter Mountain August 10.

Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2.

Catlett's Station August 22.

Battles of Bull Run August 28-30.

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till December.

Reconnoissance to Bristoe Station and Warrenton Junction September 25-28.

Moved to Fredericksburg December 12-16.

“Mud March” January 20-24, 1863.

At Falmouth till April.

Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.

Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.

Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24.

Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3.

Pursuit of Lee July 5-24.

At Catlett's Station, Va., July 25 to September 24.

Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3.

Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.

Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn., October 28-29.

Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27.

Orchard Knob November 23.

Tunnel Hill November 24-25.

Mission Ridge November 25.

March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 17.

Duty in Lookout Valley till May, 1864.

Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8.

Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.

Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9.

Battle of Resaca May 14-15.

Cassville May 19.

Advance on Dallas May 22-25.

Action at New Hope Church May 25.

Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5.

Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.

Pine Hill June 11-14.

Lost Mountain June 15-17.

Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15.

Muddy Creek June 17.

Noyes Creek June 19.

Cassville June 20.

Kolb's Farm June 22.

Assault on Kenesaw June 27.

Ruffs Station July 4.

Chattahoochie River July 5-17.

Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.

Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.

Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2.

Farmer's Ferry August 27.

Occupation of Atlanta September 2 to November 15.

March to the sea November 15-December 10.

Siege of Savannah December 10-21.

Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865.

Lawtonville, S. C., February 2.

North Edisto River February [1523] 12-13.

Reconnoissance on Goldsboro Road, near Fayetteville, N. C., March 14.

Taylor's Hole Creek, Aversyboro, March 16.

Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.

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 19.

Grand Review May 24.

Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 10, and duty there till July.

Mustered out July 11, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 136 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 119 Enlisted men by disease. Total 262.

1908.

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