28th Ohio Infantry The 28th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 28th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . It was frequently referred to at the " 2nd German Ohio Regiment " . Service . The 28th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati , Ohio beginning June 10 , 1861 and mustered in July 6 , 1861 for three years service under the command of Colonel August Moor . The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade , Army of Occupation , West Virginia , to October 1861 . McCook ' s 2nd Brigade , District of the Kanawha , West Virginia , to March 1862 . 2nd Brigade , Kanawha Division , Department of the Mountains , to September 1862 . 2nd Brigade , Kanawha Division , IX Corps , Army of the Potomac , to October 1862 . 2nd Brigade , Kanawha Division , District of West Virginia , Department of the Ohio , to March 1863 . Averill ' s 4th Separate Brigade , VIII Corps , Middle Department , to June 1863 . Averill ' s 4th Separate Brigade , Department of West Virginia , to December 1863 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , West Virginia , to April 1864 . 1st Brigade , 1st Infantry , Division West Virginia , to June 1864 . Reserve Division of West Virginia , until July 1865 . The 28th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Wheeling , West Virginia on July 13 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Point Pleasant , Va . , July 31 . Moved from Point Pleasant , Va . , to Clarksburg , August 11 – 12 , 1861 , then to Buckhannon , August 17 – 19 , to Bulltown August 28 – 29 , to Sutton September 1 and to Summerville September 7 – 9 . Battle of Carnifex Ferry , Va . , September 10 . March to Camp Lookout and Big Sewell Mountain September 15 – 23 . Retreat to Camp Anderson October 6 – 9 . Operations in the Kanawha Valley and New River Region October 19 - November 17 . New River October 19 – 21 . Moved to Gauley December 6 , and duty there until May 1862 . Advance on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 10 . Princeton May 11 – 15 - 16 and 17 . Wolf Creek May 15 . At Flat Top Mountain until August . Blue Stone August 13 – 14 . Movement to Washington , D . C . , August 15 – 24 . Maryland Campaign September 6 – 22 . Battles of Frederick City , Md . , September 12 . South Mountain September 14 . Antietam September 16 – 17 . March to Clear Springs October 8 , then to Hancock October 9 . March to the Kanawha Valley , West Va . , October 14 - November 17 . Duty at Brownstown November 17 , 1862 to January 8 , 1863 . Scout to Boone , Wyoming and Logan Counties December 1 – 10 , 1862 . Moved to Buckhannon January 8 , 1863 , then to Clarksburg April 26 – 27 , and to Weston May 9 – 12 . Moved to New Creek June 17 , thence to Beverly July 2 – 7 , and duty there until November 1 . Averill ' s Raid from Beverly against Lewisburg and the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad November 1 – 17 . Mill Point November 5 . Droop Mountain November 6 . Elk Mountain hear Hillsborough November 10 . March through Elk Mountain Pass to Beverly December 13 – 17 , and duty at Beverly until April 23 , 1864 . Moved to join Army of the Shenandoah at Bunker Hill April 23 – 29 . Sigel ' s Expedition to New Market April 30 - May 16 . Near Strasburg May 15 . Battle of New Market May 16 . Hunter ' s Expedition to Lynchburg , Va . , May 26 - June 8 . Piedmont June 5 . Occupation of Staunton June 6 . March to Webster on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad with 1 , 000 prisoners , wounded and refugees , June 8 – 18 . Guard prisoners to Camp Morton , Ind . , thence moved to Cincinnati , Ohio . Reorganized as a veteran battalion September 1864 , and ordered to Wheeling , W . Va . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 134 men during service ; 2 officers and 66 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 66 enlisted men died of disease .