107th Ohio Infantry The 107th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 107th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . It was also known as the 5th German Regiment . Service . The 107th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Taylor in Cleveland , Ohio and mustered in for three years service on August 26 , 1862 under the command of Colonel Seraphim Meyer . The regiment was attached to the following : 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XI Corps , Army of the Potomac , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XI Corps , to July 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XI Corps , to August 1863 . 1st Brigade , Gordon ' s Division , Folly Island , South Carolina , X Corps , Department of the South , to January 1864 . 2nd Brigade , Gordon ' s Division , Folly Island , South Carolina , Northern District , Department of the South , to February 1864 . 1st Brigade , Ames ' Division , District of Florida , Department of the South , to April 1864 . District of Florida , Department of the South , to October 1864 . 4th Separate Brigade , District of Florida , Department of the South , to November 1864 . 1st Brigade , Coast Division , Department of the South , to December 1864 . 3rd Separate Brigade , Department of the South , to January 1865 . 1st Separate Brigade , Northern District , Department of the South , to March 1865 . 1st Separate Brigade , District of Charleston , Department of the South , to July 1865 . The 107th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Charleston , South Carolina on July 10 , 1865 . Recruits were transferred to the 25th Ohio Infantry . Detailed service . Moved to Covington , Ky . , September 28 . Duty in the defenses of Cincinnati , Ohio , until October 5 , 1862 . At Delaware , Ohio , October 5 – 12 . Ordered to Washington , D . C . , October 12 . Duty in the defenses of Washington , D . C . , until December 1862 . March to Fredericksburg , Va . To support of Burnside December 8 – 15 . Burnside ' s 2nd Campaign , " Mud March , " January 20 – 24 , 1863 . At Stafford Court House until April . Chancellorsville Campaign April 27 - May 6 . Battle of Chancellorsville May 1 – 5 . Gettysburg Campaign June 11 - July 24 . Battle of Gettysburg July 1 – 3 . Pursuit of Lee July 5 – 24 . Hagerstown , Md . , July 11 – 13 . Ordered to Department of the South and sailed for Folly Island , S . C . , August 1 . Siege operations against Fort Wagner , Morris Island , S . C . , August 9 - September 7 . Picket and fatigue duty on Folly Island , S . C . , and operating against Charleston , S . C . , until February 1864 . Expedition to Johns and James Islands February 6 – 14 . Moved to Jacksonville , Fla . , February 23 . Duty there and in the District of Florida until December . Skirmishing near Jacksonville May 1 and 28 . Expedition from Jacksonville to Camp Milton May 31 - June 3 . At Fernandina , Fla . , July – August . Return to Jacksonville and duty there until December . Moved to South Carolina December 8 . Pocotaligo Bridge December 29 . Expedition to destroy Charleston & Savannah Railroad January 14 – 16 , 1865 . Occupation of Charleston March 10 . Potter ' s Expedition to Camden , S . C . , April 5 – 25 . Operations about Sumter and Statesburg April 9 – 15 . Statesburg April 15 . Occupation of Camden April 17 . Boykin ' s Mills April 18 . Denkin ' s Mills and Beech Creek , near Statesburg , April 19 . Provost duty at Georgetown and at Charleston until July . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 133 men during service ; 3 officers and 54 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 74 enlisted men died of disease .