96th Ohio Infantry The 96th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 96th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 96th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Delaware in Delaware , Ohio and mustered in for three years service on August 29 , 1862 under the command of Colonel Joseph W . Vance . The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to October 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Army of Kentucky , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , Right Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition , to January 1862 . 1st Brigade , 10th Division , XIII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to August 1863 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , XIII Corps , Army of the Tennessee and Army of the Gulf , to March 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XIII Corps , to June 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XIX Corps , Department of the Gulf , to December 1864 . U . S . forces , mouth of White River , Reserve Corps , Military Division West Mississippi , to February 1865 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , Reserve Corps , February 1865 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XIII Corps , Military Division West Mississippi , to July 1865 . The 96th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Mobile , Alabama on July 7 , 1865 . Detailed service . Ordered to Cincinnati , Ohio , September 1 , then to Covington and Newport , Ky . , September 3 , and duty there during threatened attack on Cincinnati by Edmund Kirby Smith . Moved to Falmouth , Ky . , October 8 , 1862 , then to Nicholasville October 23 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , then to Memphis , Tenn . , November 13 – 22 . Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition December 20 , 1862 to January 3 , 1863 . Landed at Milliken ' s Bend , La . , and expedition to Dallas Station , on Vicksburg & Shreveport Railroad , and destruction of railroad and stores December 25 – 26 , 1862 . Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28 . Chickasaw Bluff December 29 . Expedition to Arkansas Post , Ark . , January 3 – 10 , 1863 . Assault and capture of Fort Hindman , Arkansas Post , January 10 – 11 . Moved to Young ' s Point January 17 , and duty there until March 10 . Expedition to Greenville , Miss . , and Cypress Bend , Ark . , February 14 – 26 . Moved to Milliken ' s Bend , La . , March 10 , and duty there until April 25 . Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30 . Battle of Magnolia Hills , Port Gibson , Miss . , 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 Vicksburg until August 26 . Ordered to New Orleans , La . , August 26 . Expedition from Carrollton to New and Amite Rivers September 24 – 29 . At Brashear City October 3 . Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 - November 30 . Grand Coteau November 3 . Moved to Algiers December 13 , thence embark for Texas December 18 . Duty at Du Crow ' s Point , Texas , until March 1864 . Moved to Algiers , La . , March 1 – 6 . Red River Campaign March 10 - May 22 . Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14 – 26 . Skirmish at Bayou de Paul , Carroll ' s Mills , April 8 . Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8 . Monett ' s Bluff , Cane River Crossing , April 23 . Operations about Alexandria April 26 - May 13 . Construction of dam at Alexandria April 30 - May 10 . Retreat to Morganza May 13 – 20 . Mansura May 16 . Moved to Baton Rouge May 28 , and duty there until July 20 . Moved to Algiers July 20 , then to Dauphin Island , Ala . Operations in Mobile Bay against Forts Gaines and Morgan August 2 – 23 . Siege and capture of Fort Gaines August 3 – 8 . Siege of capture of Fort Morgan August 9 – 23 . Moved to Morganza September 1 . Raid to Greenville Farms September 4 . Moved to mouth of White River November 1 , and duty there until February 4 , 1865 . Consolidated to four Companies November 18 , 1864 . Moved to Kennersville , La . , February 4 , 1865 , then to Mobile Point February 16 . Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March 17 - April 13 . Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26 - April 8 . Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9 . Occupation of Mobile April 12 . Expedition to Tombigbee River and Macintosh Bluffs April 13 - May 9 . Duty at Mobile until July . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 339 men during service ; 2 officers and 46 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 5 officers and 286 enlisted men died of disease .