65th Ohio Infantry The 65th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 65th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 65th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Buckingham in Mansfield , Ohio beginning October 3 , 1861 and mustered in for three years service on November 14 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Charles Garrison Harker , who was 23 years old at the time . The regiment was recruited in Ashland , Columbiana , Cuyahoga , Erie , Guernsey , Hancock , Knox , and Stark counties . The regiment was attached to 20th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to January 1862 . 20th Brigade , 6th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 20th Brigade , 6th Division , II Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , Left Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , XXI Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , IV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to June 1865 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , IV Corps , to August 1865 . Department of Texas to December 1865 . The 65th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at San Antonio , Texas on November 30 , 1865 and was discharged January 2 , 1866 . Detailed service . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , December 18 ; thence to Bardstown and to Hall ' s Gap , Ky . , January 13 , 1862 . March to Munfordville , Ky . , thence to Nashville , Tenn . , February 7 - March 13 , and to Savannah , Tenn . , March 29 - April 6 . Battle of Shiloh , Tenn . , April 6 – 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Pursuit to Booneville June 1 – 12 . Duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama and at Bridgeport , Ala . , until August 21 , March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 21 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 15 . Battle of Perryville . Ky . , October 8 ( reserve ) . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 15 - November 7 , and duty there until December 26 . Advance on Murfreesboro , Tenn . , December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Duty at Murfreesboro until June . Reconnaissance to Nolensville and Versailles January 13 – 15 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Reconnaissance toward Chattanooga September 7 . Lookout Valley September 7 – 8 . Occupation of Chattanooga September 9 . Lee and Gordon ' s Mills September 11 – 13 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 20 . Siege of Chattanooga , September 24 - November 23 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Orchard Knob November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . March to relief of Knoxville , November 28 - December 8 . Operations in eastern Tennessee until April 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8 . Demonstrations on Rocky Face Ridge and Dalton May 8 – 13 . Buzzard ' s Roost Gap or Mill Springs May 8 – 9 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Near Calhoun May 16 . Adairsville May 17 . Near Kingston May 18 – 19 . Near Cassville May 19 . Advance on Dallas May 22 – 25 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station , Smyrna Camp Ground , July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Buckhead , Nancy ' s Creek , July 18 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . 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 in northern Georgia and northern Alabama against Hood October 4 – 26 . Nashville Campaign November – December . Columbia , Duck River , November 24 – 27 . Spring Hill November 29 . Battle of Franklin November 30 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17 – 28 . Moved to Huntsville , Ala . , and duty there until March 1865 . Operations in eastern Tennessee March 15 - April 22 . At Nashville , Tenn . , until June . Moved to New Orleans , La . , June 16 ; thence to Texas and duty at San Antonio until December . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 257 men during service ; 8 officers and 114 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 6 officers and 129 enlisted men died of disease .