118th Ohio Infantry The 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 118th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 118th Ohio Infantry was organized Lima , Mansfield , and Cincinnati , Ohio August through September 1862 and mustered in at Cincinnati for three years service under the command of Colonel Samuel R . Mott . The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , September to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Army of Kentucky , November 1862 . District of Central Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , Department of the Ohio , to July 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XXIII Corps , to August 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , to April 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio , to February 1865 , and Department of North Carolina to June 1865 . The 118th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service June 24 , 1865 at Salisbury , North Carolina . Company K , whose term of service had not expired , was transferred to the 183rd Ohio Infantry . Detailed service . Ordered to Kentucky and assigned to duty as guard along Kentucky Central Railroad from Buston ' s Station to Paris , Ky . , September 1862 to August 1863 . Skirmish at Paris , Ky . , July 29 , 1863 ( detachment ) . Burnside ' s Campaign in eastern Tennessee August 16 - October 17 , 1863 . Duty at Kingston until December 6 . Action at Kingston November 24 , and near Kingston December 4 . Moved to Nashville December 5 ; then marched to Blain ' s Cross Roads and Mossy Creek . Action at Mossy Creek December 29 . Operations in eastern Tennessee December 1863 to April 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8 . Demonstrations on Dalton May 9 – 13 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Advance on Dallas May 18 – 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 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes Creek June 19 . Kolb ' s Farm June 22 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Decatur July 19 . Howard House July 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Utoy Creek August 5 – 7 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 ( reserve ) . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29 - November 3 . Nashville Campaign November – December . Columbia , Duck River , November 24 – 27 . Battle of Franklin November 30 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17 – 28 . At Clifton , Tenn . , until January 16 , 1865 . Movement to Washington , D . C . , then to Fort Fisher , N . C . , January 16 - February 9 . Operations against Hoke February 11 – 14 . Fort Anderson February 18 – 19 . Town Creek February 19 – 20 . Capture of Wilmington February 22 . Campaign of the Carolinas March 1 - April 26 . Advance on Goldsboro March 21 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 14 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . Duty at Raleigh , Greensboro and Salisbury until June . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 184 men during service ; 1 officer and 55 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 127 enlisted men died of disease .