10th Ohio Infantry The 10th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 10th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . The regiment was also known as the Montgomery Regiment and the Bloody Tenth . The 10th Ohio Infantry was predominantly made up of Irish American recruits , but two companies were made up of German American recruits . Service . Three - months regiment . The 10th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Harrison near Cincinnati , Ohio and mustered in for three months service on May 7 , 1861 under Colonel William Haines Lytle in response to President Lincoln ' s call for 75 , 000 volunteers . The regiment moved to Camp Dennison on May 12 and performed duty there until June 3 , 1861 . The 10th Ohio Infantry mustered out on August 21 , 1861 . Three - years regiment . The 10th Ohio Infantry was reorganized at Camp Dennison on June 3 , 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel William Haines Lytle . The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade , Army of Occupation , western Virginia , to September 1861 . Benham ' s Brigade , Kanawha Division , Western Virginia , to October 1861 . 1st Brigade , Kanawha Division , Western Virginia , to November 1861 . 17th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to December 1861 . 17th Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 17th Brigade , 3rd Division , I Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , Center , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XIV Corps , January 1863 . Headquarters Provost Guard , Department of the Cumberland , to May 1864 . The 10th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service on June 3 , 1864 . Seventy - five enlisted men whose terms of enlistment had not expired were left unassigned within the Army of the Cumberland , until September , then assigned to the 18th Ohio Infantry . Detailed service . Left Ohio for western Virginia June 24 , and duty at Grafton , Clarksburg and Buckhannon until August . Western Virginia Campaign July to September 1861 . Battle of Carnifex Ferry September 10 . Operations in the Kanawha Valley and New River Region October 19 - November 24 . Pursuit of Floyd November 10 – 15 . Gauley Bridge November 10 . Cotton Mountain November 10 – 11 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , November 24 - December 2 , thence to Elizabethtown , and to Bacon Creek December 26 . Duty there until February 1862 . Movement to Bowling Green , Ky . , February 10 – 15 . Occupation of Bowling Green February 15 – 22 . Advance on Nashville , Tenn . , February 22 - March 2 . Advance on Murfreesboro March 17 – 19 . Occupation of Shelbyville , Fayetteville , and advance on Huntsville Ala . , March 28 - April 11 . Capture of Huntsville April 11 . Advance on Decatur April 11 – 14 . Action at West Bridge near Bridgeport April 29 . Duty at Huntsville until August . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 27 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 15 . Battle of Perryville October 8 . March to Nashville , October 16 - November 7 . Provost duty at the headquarters of Gen . William S . Rosecrans , Commanding Army of the Cumberland , until December 1863 , and at headquarters , Gen . George H . Thomas , Commanding Army and Department of the Cumberland , until May 1864 . Advance on Murfreesboro , Tenn . , December 26 – 30 , 1862 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Stewart ' s Creek January 1 . 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 . Siege of Chattanooga September 24 - November 23 . Battles of Chattanooga November 23 – 25 . Missionary Ridge November 24 – 25 . Reconnaissance of Dalton , Ga . , February 22 – 27 , 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 – 27 . Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Ordered to rear for muster out May 27 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 168 men during service ; 3 officers and 86 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 77 enlisted men died of disease .