# 14th Ohio Infantry Regiment

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The 14th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

## 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. 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.

#### Attachments

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

* Colonel James Blair Steedman
* Colonel George P. Este - commanded at the battle of Perryville as lieutenant colonel
* Lieutenant Colonel Henry D. Kingsbury - commanded at the battle of Chickamauga