83rd Ohio Infantry The 83rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 83rd OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . It was nicknamed " The Greyhound Regiment " . Service . The 83rd Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati , Ohio August through September 1862 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Frederick W . Moore . The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to December 1862 . 1st Brigade , 10th Division , XIII Corps ) , Department of the Tennessee , December 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , 10th Division , XIII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to August 1863 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , XIII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , August 1863 , and Department of the Gulf to January 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XIII Corps , Army of the Gulf , to March 1864 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , XIII Corps , to June 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XIX Corps , Department of the Gulf , to December 1864 . Post of Natchez , Mississippi , District of Vicksburg , Mississippi , to January 1864 . 3rd Brigade , Reserve Corps , Military Division West Mississippi , to February 1865 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , Reserve Corps , February 1865 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , XIII Corps , to July 1865 . The 83rd Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Galveston , Texas on July 24 , 1865 and was discharged at Camp Dennison on August 10 , 1865 . Veterans and recruits were transferred to the 48th Ohio Infantry Battalion . Detailed service . Moved to Covington , Ky . , September 3 , 1862 , to repel Kirby Smith ' s threatened attack on Cincinnati , Ohio . Expedition to Cynthiana , Ky . , September 18 , 1862 . Moved to Camp Shaler September 25 , then to Paris , Ky . , October 15 . To Louisville , Ky . , October 28 , and to Memphis , Tenn . , November 23 . Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition December 20 , 1862 to January 3 , 1863 . Expedition from Milliken ' s Bend to Dallas Station and Delhi , December 25 – 26 . 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 15 , and duty there until March 10 . Expedition to Greenville , Miss . , and Cypress Bend , Ark . , February 14 – 26 . Deer Creek near Greenville February 23 . At Milliken ' s Bend , La . , until April 15 . Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30 . Battle of Port Gibson May 1 . Battle of Champion Hill May 16 . Big Black River May 17 . Siege of Vicksburg , Miss . , May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 4 – 10 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . Camp at Vicksburg until August 24 . Ordered to New Orleans , La . , August 24 . Expedition from Carrollton to New and Amite Rivers September 24 – 29 . Moved to Brashear City . Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 - November 30 . Grand Coteau November 3 . At New Iberia until December 19 . Moved to New Orleans , La . , then to Madisonville January 19 , 1864 , and duty there until March . Red River Campaign March 10 - May 22 . Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14 – 26 . Bayou de Paul and battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8 , 1864 . Monett ' s Ferry , Cane River Crossing , April 23 . Construction of dam at Alexandria April 30 - May 10 . Gov . Moore ' s Plantation May 2 . Alexandria May 2 – 9 . Retreat to Morganza May 13 – 20 . Mansura May 16 . Moved to Baton Rouge , La . , May 28 , and duty there until July 21 . Moved to Morganza July 21 , and duty there until November . Expedition to Morgan ' s Ferry October 1 – 9 , and to the Atchafalaya October 18 – 29 . At mouth of White River November 1 - December 6 . Moved to Natchez December 6 and duty there until January 28 , 1865 . Consolidated with 48th Ohio Infantry January 17 , 1865 . Moved to Kennersville , La . , January 28 , then to New Orleans and to Barrancas , Fla . Campaign against Mobile , Ala . , and its defenses March – April . March from Pensacola , Fla . , to Blakely , Ala . , March 20 - April 2 . Occupation of Canoe Station March 27 . Siege of Fort Blakely April 2 – 9 . Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9 . Capture of Mobile April 12 . March to Montgomery and Selma April 13 – 25 . Duty at Selma until May 12 . Moved to Mobile May 12 , then to Galveston , Texas , June 13 , and duty there until July 24 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 219 men during service ; 4 officers and 52 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 161 enlisted men died of disease .