69th Ohio Infantry The 69th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 69th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 69th Ohio Infantry was organized at Hamilton and Camp Chase in Columbus , Ohio beginning in November 1861 . It mustered in for three years service April 1862 under the command of Colonel Lewis T . Campbell . The regiment was attached to District of Nashville and Franklin , Unattached , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 29th Brigade , 8th Division , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , Center , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XIV Corps , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XIV Corps , to September 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , XIV Corps , to November 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XIV Corps , to July 1865 . The 69th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville , Kentucky on July 17 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Camp Chase , Ohio , February 19 , 1862 , and duty there until April 1862 . Moved to Nashville , Tenn . , April 19 – 22 , thence to Franklin , Tenn . , May 1 , and duty there until June 8 . Moved to Nashville , Tenn . , June 8 , 1862 , thence to Murfreesboro , Tenn . Expedition to McMinnville and Pikesville June 12 – 20 . Provost duty at Nashville until December . Expedition to Gallatin and action with Morgan August 13 . Siege of Nashville September 12 - November 7 . Near Nashville November 5 . Nashville and Franklin Pike December 14 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Duty at Murfreesboro until June . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River , and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 21 ( supply train guard during the battle ) . Rossville Gap September 21 . Siege of Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 24 - November 23 . Orchard Knob November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Graysville November 26 . Duty at Rossville , Ga . , until March 1864 . Veterans absent on furlough March 16 - May 11 , rejoin at Buzzard ' s Roost , Ga . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . 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 . Pickett ' s Mills May 27 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station . Smyrna Camp Ground , July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Peachtree Creek June 19 – 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 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29 - November 3 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April , 1865 . Near Cheraw , S . C . , February 28 . Taylor ' s Hole Creek , Averysboro , N . C . , 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 May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June , and duty there until July Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 187 men during service ; 5 officers and 84 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 98 enlisted men died of disease .