79th Ohio Infantry The 79th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 79th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 79th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati , Ohio in August 1862 . It was mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Henry G . Kennett . The regiment was attached to Ward ' s Brigade , 12th Division , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . Ward ' s Brigade , Post of Gallatin , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to June 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Reserve Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to August 1863 . Ward ' s Brigade , Nashville , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to January 1864 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XI Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to April 1864 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XX Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to June 1865 . The 79th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Washington , D . C . on June 9 , 1865 . Detailed service . Ordered to Kentucky September 3 , 1862 . Advance to Crittenden , Ky . , September 7 . thence moved to Louisville , Ky . March to Frankfort , Ky . , October 3 – 9 , 1862 . Occupation of Frankfort October 9 , and duty there until October 26 . Expedition to Lawrenceburg in pursuit of Morgan October 10 – 13 . March to Bowling Green , Ky . , October 26 - November 4 , thence to Scottsville and to Gallatin November 25 , and duty there until December 11 . Moved to South Tunnel December 11 , and duty there until February 1 , 1863 . Duty at Gallatin until June 1 . Moved to Lavergne June 1 , thence to Murfreesboro , Tenn . , July 2 , and to Lavergne July 29 . To Nashville , Tenn . , August 19 , and duty there until February 24 , 1864 . March to Wauhatchie Valley , Tenn . , February 24 - March 10 , and duty there until May 2 . Atlanta Campaign May 2 - September 8 . Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Cassville May 19 . Advance on Dallas May 22 – 25 . New Hope Church May 25 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Golgotha or Gilgal Church June 15 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes Creek June 19 . Kolb ' s Farm June 22 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station July 4 . Chattahoochoe River July 5 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26 - September 2 . Occupation of Atlanta September 2 - November 15 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Occupation of Robertsville , S . C . , January 30 . Lawtonville February 2 . Taylor ' s Hole Creek , Averysboro , N . C . , 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 20 . Grand Review May 24 . Casualties . The regiment engaged in numerous stiff fights during the Atlanta Campaign in the summer of 1864 ; it saw the elephant in the face of heavy fire at Resaca , was hurled against enemy fortifications at Dallas , and won and held enemy trenches at the point of the bayonet at Gilgal Church . The regiment began the campaign with 600 men , but by the time Sherman ' s army reached Atlanta three months later , its strength had been reduced to 175 . Commanders . The regiment was originally commanded by Colonel Henry G . Kennett ; upon his resignation on August 1 , 1864 , the command devolved on Lieutenant Colonel Azariah Doan .