58th Ohio Infantry The 58th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 58th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 58th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus , Ohio and mustered in for three years service on January 28 , 1862 under the command of Colonel Valentine Bausenwein . The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of the Tennessee , to July 1862 . Helena , Arkansas , District of Eastern Arkansas , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , District of Eastern Arkansas , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . 1st Brigade , 11th Division , Right Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XV Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to February 1863 . Detached duty on ironclads for Mississippi River Squadron to September 1863 . 1st Brigade 1st Division , XVII Corps , to September 1864 . Post and defenses of Vicksburg , Mississippi , to September 1865 . The 58th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service on September 16 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Cincinnati , Ohio , February 10 , 1862 ; then to Fort Donelson , Tenn . Investment and capture of Fort Donelson , Tenn . , February 14 – 16 , 1862 . Expedition toward Purdy and operations about Crump ' s Landing , Tenn . , March 9 – 14 . Battle of Shiloh April 6 – 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . March to Memphis , Tenn . , June 1 – 17 , and duty there until July 24 . Moved to Helena , Ark . , July 24 , and duty there until October 5 . Expedition to Milliken ' s Bend , La . , August 16 – 27 . Capture of steamer " Fair Play " August 17 . Milliken ' s Bend August 18 . Haines Bluff August 20 . Bolivar August 22 and 25 . Greenville August 23 . Moved to St . Genevieve , Mo . , October 5 . Expedition to Pilot Knob October 22 - November 12 . Moved to Helena , Ark . , and expedition against Arkansas Post , Ark . , November 16 – 21 . At Camp Steele , Helena , Ark . , until December 22 . Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition December 22 , 1862 to January 3 , 1863 . Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28 . Chickasaw Bluff December 29 . Expedition to Arkansas Post , Ark . , January 3 – 10 , 1863 . Assault and capture of Fort Hindman , Arkansas Post , January 10 – 11 . Moved to Young ' s Point , La . , January 17 – 21 . Assigned to duty by companies on the ironclads of the Mississippi Squadron February 8 , and participated in the following service : attack on Fort Pemberton March 13 . Expedition up Steele ' s Bayou March 16 – 22 . Deer Creek , " Long Taw , " March 21 . Running Vicksburg batteries April 15 . Grand Gulf April 29 . Haines Bluff April 30 - May 1 and 6 . Expedition up Wachita to Trinity May 8 – 12 . Fort Beauregard May 10 – 12 . Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July 4 . Yazoo City May 23 . Lake Providence June 10 . Patrol duty on the Mississippi River from mouth of Red River until July 26 . Expedition to Grand Gulf July 10 – 17 . Grand Gulf July 16 . Relieved from duty with the fleet and ordered to Vicksburg , Miss . Provost duty at Vicksburg July 1863 to September 1865 . Old members ordered to Columbus , Ohio , December 24 , 1864 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 305 men during service ; 3 officers and 85 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 215 enlisted men died of disease .