47th Ohio Infantry The 47th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 47th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 47th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati , Ohio and mustered in August 13 , 1861 for three years service under the command of Colonel Frederick Poschner . The regiment was attached to McCook ' s Brigade , Kanawha District , West Virginia , to October 1861 . 1st Brigade , Kanawha Division , West Virginia , to March 1862 . 2nd Brigade , Kanawha Division , West Virginia , to May 1862 . 3rd Brigade , Kanawha Division , West Virginia , to August 1862 . District of the Kanawha , West Virginia , Department of the Ohio , to December 1862 . Ewing ' s Brigade , Kanawha Division , West Virginia , to January 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , XV Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XV Corps , to June 1865 . Department of Arkansas to August 1865 . The 47th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Little Rock , Arkansas on August 11 , 1865 . Detailed service . Ordered to Clarksburg , Va . , August 27 ; then moved to Weston August 29 . Battle of Carnifex Ferry , Va . , September 10 , 1861 . Advance to Camp Lookout and Big Sewell Mountain September 24 – 26 . Retreat to Camp Anderson October 6 – 9 . Operations in the Kanawha Valley and New River Region October 19 - November 16 . Moved to Gauley Bridge December 6 , and duty there until April 23 , 1862 . Expedition to Lewisburg April 23 - May 10 . Moved to Meadow Bluff May 29 . Expedition to Salt Sulphur Springs June 22 – 25 . Duty there until August . Moved to Gauley Bridge , thence to Summerville September 3 . Campaign in the Kanawha Valley September 6 – 16 . Retreat to Gauley Bridge September 10 . Cotton Hill , Loop Creek , and Armstrong ' s Creek September 11 . Charleston September 12 . Duty at Point Pleasant and in the Kanawha Valley until December . Ordered to Louisville , Ky . , December 30 ; then to Memphis , Tenn . , and to Young ' s Point , La . , January 21 , 1863 . Expedition to Rolling Fork via Muddy , Steele ' s , and Black Bayous and Deer Creek March 14 – 27 . Demonstrations on Haines and Drumgould ' s Bluffs April 29 - May 2 . Moved to Join army in rear of Vicksburg , Miss . , May 2 – 14 via Richmond and Grand Gulf . Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 4 – 10 . Siege of Jackson , Miss . , July 10 – 17 . At Camp Sherman , Big Black , until September 26 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , then march to Chattanooga September 26 - November 21 . Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20 – 29 . Bear Creek , Tuscumbia , October 27 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Tunnel Hill November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . March to relief of Knoxville November 28 - December 8 . Return to Bellefonte , Ala . , then moved to Larkins ' Landing , Ala . Reconnaissance to Rome January 25 - February 5 , 1864 . Reenlisted March 8 . Veterans on furlough March 18 - May 3 . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Demonstrations on Resaca May 8 – 13 . Near Resaca May 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 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Ruff ' s Mills July 3 – 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Battle of Atlanta July 22 . 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 against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29 - November 3 . Turkeytown and Gadsden Road October 25 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Fort McAllister December 13 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Cannon ' s Bridge , South Edisto River , S . C . , February 8 . North Edisto River February 12 – 13 . Columbia February 15 – 17 . Battle of Bentonville , N . C . , March 20 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . March to Washington , D . C . , via Richmond , Va . , April 29 - May 30 . Grand Review of the Armies May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June ; then to Little Rock , Ark . , and duty there until August . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 219 men during service ; 2 officers and 80 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 136 enlisted men died of disease .