32nd Ohio Infantry The 32nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 32nd OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 32nd Ohio Infantry was organized at Mansfield , Ohio August 20 - September 7 , 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Thomas H . Ford . Company F was permanently detached December 22 , 1863 and was thereafter known as the 26th Ohio Battery . A replacement Company F was mustered in April 1864 . The regiment was attached to Kimball ' s Brigade , Cheat Mountain , District West Virginia , to November 1861 . Milroy ' s Brigade , Reynolds ' Command , Cheat Mountain , District West Virginia , to March 1862 . Milroy ' s Brigade , Department of the Mountains , to June 1862 . Piatt ' s 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , I Corps , Pope ' s Army of Virginia , to July 1862 . Piatt ' s Brigade , White ' s Division , Winchester , Virginia , to September 1862 . Miles ' Command , Harper ' s Ferry , Virginia , September 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XVII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , January to December 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XVII Corps , to July 1864 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , XVII Corps , to April 1865 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XVII Corps , to July 1865 . The 32nd Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville , Kentucky on July 20 , 1865 . Detailed service . Left Ohio for Grafton , Va . , September 15 , then moved to Cheat Mountain Summit . Action at Greenbrier River , Va . , October 3 – 4 , 1861 . Duty at Greenbrier until December . Action at Camp Allegheny December 13 . Duty at Beverly December 1861 to April 1862 . Expedition on the Seneca April 1 – 12 . Action at Monterey April 12 . At Staunton until May 7 . Battle of McDowell May 8 . Battle of Cross Keys June 8 . Duty at Strasburg and Winchester until September . Evacuation of Winchester September 2 . Defense of Harpers Ferry , September 12 – 15 . Maryland Heights September 12 – 13 . Regiment captured September 15 . Paroled September 16 and sent to Annapolis , Md . , then to Chicago , Ill . , and to Cleveland , Ohio . Exchanged January 12 , 1863 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , January 20 – 25 , 1863 , then to Lake Providence , La . , February 20 , and to Milliken ' s Bend , La . , April 17 . Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30 . Battle of Port Gibson May 1 . Raymond May 12 . Jackson May 14 . Champion Hill May 16 . Siege of Vicksburg , Miss . , May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Surrender of Vicksburg July 4 , and garrison duty there until February 1864 . Expedition to Monroe , La . , August 20 - September 2 , 1863 . Expedition to Canton October 14 – 20 . Bogue Chitto Creek October 17 . Meridian Campaign February 3 - March 2 . Baker ' s Creek February 5 . Moved to Clifton , Tenn . , thence march to Ackworth , Ga . , April 21 - June 8 . Atlanta Campaign , June 8 - September 8 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Howell ' s Ferry July 5 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Leggett ' s or Bald Hill July 20 – 21 . Battle of Atlanta July 22 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . 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 . Shadow Church and Westbrook ' s near Fairburn October 2 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Louisville November 30 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Salkehatchie Swamp , S . C . , February 2 – 5 . River ' s Bridge , Salkehatchie River , February 3 . South Edisto River February 9 . Orangeburg February 11 – 12 . Columbia February 15 – 17 . Fayetteville , N . C . , March 11 . Battle of Bentonville 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 20 . Grand Review May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June 8 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 240 men during service ; 5 officers and 99 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 143 enlisted men died of disease .