55th Ohio Infantry The 55th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 55th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 55th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp McClellan in Norwalk , Ohio September through December 1861 and mustered in for three years service on January 25 , 1862 under the command of Colonel John C . Lee . The regiment was attached to Schenck ' s Brigade , Railroad District , West Virginia , to March 1862 . Railroad District , Department of the Mountains , to April 1862 . Schenck ' s Brigade , Department of the Mountains , to June 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , I Corps , Pope ' s Army of Virginia , to September 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XI Corps , Army of the Potomac , to May 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XI Corps , Army of the Potomac , to October 1863 , and Army of the Cumberland , to April 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XX Corps , Army of the Cumberland and Army of Georgia , to July 1865 . The 55th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville , Kentucky on July 11 , 1865 . Detailed service . Ordered to Grafton , Va . , January 25 . Moved from Grafton to New Creek , Va . , February 3 , 1862 . Expedition to Romney February 6 . Expedition to Moorefield February 12 – 16 . Action at Moorefield February 12 . Moved to Grafton February 19 , and duty there until March 31 . Moved to Green Spring River March 31 , then to Romney April 10 . Ordered to Join Milroy at Monterey . Battle of McDowell May 8 . March to the Shenandoah Valley May 26 – 29 . Near Franklin May 26 . Harrisonburg June 6 . Battle of Cross Keys June 8 . At Middletown until July 7 , and at Sperryville until August 8 . Reconnaissance to Madison Court House July 16 – 19 . Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9 ( in reserve ) . Slaughter Mountain August 10 . Pope ' s Campaign in northern Virginia August 16 - September 2 . Catlett ' s Station August 22 . Battles of Bull Run August 28 – 30 . Duty in the defenses of Washington , D . C . , until December . Reconnaissance to Bristoe Station and Warrenton Junction September 25 – 28 . Moved to Fredericksburg December 12 – 16 . " Mud March " January 20 – 24 , 1863 . At Falmouth 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 . At Catlett ' s Station , Va . , July 25 to September 24 . Movement to Bridgeport , Ala . , September 24 - October 3 . Reopening Tennessee River October 26 – 29 . Battle of Wauhatchie , Tenn . , October 28 – 29 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Orchard Knob November 23 . Tunnel Hill November 24 – 25 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . March to relief of Knoxville , Tenn . , November 28 - December 17 . Duty in Lookout Valley until May 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8 . Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . Buzzard ' s Roost Gap May 8 – 9 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Cassville May 19 . Advance on Dallas May 22 – 25 . Action at New Hope Church May 25 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church , and Allatoona Hills May 26 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes Creek June 19 . Cassville June 20 . Kolb ' s Farm June 22 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruffs Station July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26 - September 2 . Farmer ' s Ferry August 27 . Occupation of Atlanta September 2 to November 15 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April , 1865 . Lawtonville , S . C . , February 2 . North Edisto River February 12 – 13 . Reconnaissance on Goldsboro Road , near Fayetteville , N . C . , March 14 . Taylor ' s Hole Creek , Aversyboro , March 16 . Battle of Bentonville March 19 – 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 19 . Grand Review of the Armies May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June 10 , and duty there until July . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 262 men during service ; 7 officers and 136 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 119 enlisted men died of disease .