70th Ohio Infantry The 70th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 70th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 70th Ohio Infantry was organized in West Union , Ohio and mustered in for three years service on October 14 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Joseph R . Cockerill . The regiment was attached to District of Paducah , Kentucky , to March 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Tennessee , to July 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 5th Division , District of Memphis , Tennessee , to November 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 5th Division , District of Memphis , Right Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , District of Memphis , XIII Corps , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XVII Corps , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XVI Corps , to March 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , XVI Corps , to July 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 4th Division , XV Corps , to August 1864 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , XV Corps , to September 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , XV Corps , to July 1865 . Department of Arkansas , to August 1865 . The 70th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Little Rock , Arkansas on August 14 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Ripley , Ohio , December 25 , then to Paducah , Ky . , February 17 , 1862 . Moved from Paducah , Ky . , to Savannah , Tenn . , March 6 – 10 , 1862 . Expedition to Yellow Creek and occupation of Pittsburg Landing , Tenn . , March 14 – 17 . Crump ' s Landing April 4 . Battle of Shiloh , April 6 – 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Russell House , near Corinth , May 17 . Occupation of Corinth May 30 . March to Memphis , Tenn . , via LaGrange , Grand Junction , and Holly Springs June 1 - July 21 . Duty at Memphis until November . Grant ' s Central Mississippi Campaign , operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad , November 1862 to January 1863 . Moved to LaGrange , Tenn . , and duty there until March 7 , and at Moscow until June 9 . Ordered to Vicksburg , Miss . , June 9 . Siege of Vicksburg June 14 - July 4 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 4 – 10 . Bolton ' s Ferry , Black River , July 4 – 6 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . Camp at Big Black until September 26 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , then march to Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 26 - November 20 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Tunnel Hill November 23 – 25 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . March to relief of Knoxville , Tenn . , November 28 - December 28 . Regiment reenlisted January 1 , 1864 . Veterans on furlough February . Duty at Scottsboro , Ala . , until May . Atlanta Campaign May 1 - September 8 . Demonstrations on Resaca May 8 – 13 . Near Resaca May 13 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Advance on Dallas May 18 – 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 . Brush Mountain June 15 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Ruff ' s Mills July 3 – 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Battle of Atlanta July 22 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Ezra Chapel July 28 ( Hood ' s second sortie ) . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29 - November 3 . Reconnaissance from Rome on Cave Springs Road and skirmishes October 12 – 13 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Statesboro December 4 . Near Bryan Court House December 8 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Fort McAllister December 13 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Columbia , S . C . , February 16 – 17 . Battle of Bentonville , N . C . , March 20 – 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 30 . Grand Review of the Armies May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June , then to Little Rock , Ark . , and duty there until August . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 265 men during service ; 5 officers and 70 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 188 enlisted men died of disease .