48th Ohio Infantry The 48th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 48th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 48th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati , Ohio September through December 1861 and mustered in February 17 , 1862 for three years service under the command of Colonel Peter John Sullivan . The regiment was attached to District of Paducah , Kentucky , to March 1862 . 4th Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Tennessee , to May 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 , Right Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , Right Wing , XIII Corps , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 10th Division , XIII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to August 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee and Department of the Gulf , to April 1864 . Captured at Sabine Cross Roads , La . , April 8 , 1864 . Attached to defenses of New Orleans , Louisiana , Department of the Gulf , November 1864 , to January 1865 . The 48th Ohio Infantry was reorganized as the 48th Ohio Infantry Battalion on June 24 , 1865 by consolidation of the regiment with the 83rd Ohio Infantry ( on January 17 , 1865 ) and 114th Ohio Infantry . It mustered out of service at Galveston , Texas on May 9 , 1866 . Detailed service . Ordered to Paducah , Ky . , and duty there until March 6 . Moved from Paducah , Ky . , to Savannah , Tenn . , March 6 – 10 , 1862 . Expedition from Savannah to Yellow Creek , Miss . , and occupation of Pittsburg Landing , Tenn . , March 14 – 17 . Battle of Shiloh , Tenn . , April 6 – 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . March to Memphis , Tenn . , via La - Grange , Grand Junction and Holly Springs June 1 - July 21 . Near Holly Springs July 1 . Duty at Memphis and along Memphis & Charleston Railroad until November . Grant ' s Central Mississippi Campaign . Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad . " Tallahatchie March " November 26 - December 12 . Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition December 20 , 1862 to January 2 , 1863 . Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28 , 1862 . Chickasaw Bluff December 29 . Expedition to Arkansas Post , Ark . , January 3 – 10 , 1863 . Assault and capture of Fort Hindman , Arkansas Post , Ark . , January 10 – 11 . Moved to Young ' s Point , La . , January 15 , and duty there until March 8 . At Milliken ' s Bend , La . , until April 25 . Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30 . Battle of Port Gibson May 1 . Battle of Champion Hill May 16 . Siege of Vicksburg , Miss . , May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 4 – 10 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . Camp at Big Black until August 13 . Ordered to New Orleans , La . , August 13 . Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 - November 30 . At New Iberia until December 13 . Moved to New Orleans , La . , December 13 ; then to Pass Cavallo , Texas , and duty there and at Du Crow ' s Point until March 1 , 1864 . Moved to New Orleans , La . , March 1 . Red River Campaign March 10 to April 23 . Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14 – 26 . Bayou De Paul , Carroll ' s Mill , April 8 . Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8 . Regiment captured and prisoners of war until October 1864 , when exchanged . Duty at New Orleans until January 1865 . Moved to Kennersville January 28 , then to Barrancas , Fla . March from Pensacola , Fla . , to Fort Blakely , Ala . , March 20 - April 2 . Siege of Fort Blakely April 2 – 9 . Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9 . Occupation of Mobile April 12 . March to Montgomery and Selma April 13 – 21 . Duty at Selma until May 12 . Moved to Mobile May 12 , then to Galveston , Texas , June 13 , and duty there until July 24 . Duty at Galveston and Houston , Texas , until May 1866 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 180 men during service ; 3 officers and 54 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 3 officers and 120 enlisted men died of disease .