78th Ohio Infantry The 78th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 78th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 78th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Gilbert in Zanesville , Ohio October 1861 through January 1862 and mustered in for three years service on January 11 , 1862 under the command of Colonel Mortimer Dormer Leggett . The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , District of West Tennessee , to March 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of the Tennessee , to July 1862 . Unattached , District of Jackson , Tennessee , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Right Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XVII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to July 1865 . The 78th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville , Kentucky on July 11 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Cincinnati , Ohio , then to Fort Donelson , Tenn . , February 11 – 16 . Capture of Fort Donelson , Tenn . , February 16 , 1862 . Expedition toward Purdy and operations about Crump ' s Landing , Tenn . , March 9 – 14 . Battle of Shiloh , April 6 – 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Capture of Jackson June 7 . Duty at Bethel and Grand Junction until August . Bolivar August 30 . March to Iuka , Miss . , September 1 – 19 . Battle of Iuka September 19 ( reserve ) . Duty at Bolivar until November . Grant ' s Central Mississippi Campaign , operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad . November 2 , 1862 to January 20 , 1863 . Reconnaissance ' s from LaGrange toward Colliersville November 5 and November 8 – 9 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , January 20 , then to Lake Providence , La . , February 22 , and to Milliken ' s Bend , La . , April 17 . Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30 . Battle of Port Gibson May 1 . Forty Hills and Hankinson ' s Ferry May 3 – 4 . Battles of 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 duty there until February 1864 . Clinton July 16 . Expedition to Monroe , La . , August 20 - September 2 , 1863 . Expedition to Canton October 14 – 20 . Bogue Chitto Creek October 17 . Regiment reenlisted January 5 , 1864 . Meridian Campaign February 3 - March 2 , 1864 . Baker ' s Creek February 5 . Wyatt ' s February 13 . Meridian February 14 – 15 . Canton February 26 . Veterans on furlough March and April . Moved to Clifton , Tenn . , then marched to Ackworth , Ga . , May 5 - 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 5 – 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 . Duty near Atlanta until October 15 . Moved to Chattanooga , Tenn . , and duty guarding railroad near Chattanooga until November 13 . Little River , Ala . , October 27 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Pocotaligo , S . C . , January 14 . Barker ' s Mills , Whippy Swamp , February 3 . Orangeburg February 12 – 13 . Columbia 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 20 . Grand Review of the Armies May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 355 men during service ; 2 officers and 71 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 280 enlisted men died of disease .