72nd Ohio Infantry The 72nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 72nd OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 72nd Ohio Infantry was organized in Fremont , Ohio October 1861 through February 1862 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Ralph Pomeroy Buckland . The regiment was attached to District of Paducah , Kentucky , to March 1862 . 4th Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Tennessee , to May 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Tennessee , to July 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 5th Division , District of Memphis , Tennessee , to November 1862 . 5th Brigade , 5th Division , District of Memphis , Right Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , November 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , District of Memphis , XIII Corps , to December 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 8th Division , XVI Corps , to April 1863 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XV Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to December 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XVI Corps , to December 1864 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Detachment Army of the Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to February 1865 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XVI Corps , Military Division West Mississippi , to July 1865 . Department of Mississippi to September 1865 . The 72nd Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Vicksburg , Mississippi on September 11 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Camp Chase , Ohio , January 24 , then to Paducah , Ky . Moved from Paducah , Ky . , to Savannah , Tenn . , March 6 – 10 , 1862 . Expedition from Savannah to Yellow Creek , Miss . , and occupation of Pittsburg Landing , Tenn . , March 14 – 17 . Crump ' s Landing April 4 . Battle of Shiloh April 6 – 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Russell House , near Corinth , May 17 . March to Memphis , Tenn . , via La - Grange , Grand Junction , and Holly Springs June 1 - July 21 . Duty at Memphis , Tenn . , until November . Grant ' s Central Mississippi Campaign , operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad , November 2 , 1862 to January 12 , 1863 . Duty at White ' s Station until March 13 . Ordered to Memphis , Tenn . , then to Young ' s Point , La . Operations against Vicksburg , Miss . , April 2 - July 4 . Moved to join army in rear of Vicksburg , Miss . , May 2 – 14 . Mississippi Springs May 13 . Jackson , Miss . , May 14 . Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26 - June 4 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 5 – 10 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . Brandon Station July 19 . Camp at Big Black until November . Expedition to Canton October 13 – 20 . Bogue Chitto Creek October 17 . Ordered to Memphis , Tenn . , and guard Memphis & Charleston Railroad at Germantown until January 1864 . Expedition to Wyatt ' s , Miss . , February 6 – 18 . Coldwater Ferry February 8 . Near Senatobia February 8 – 9 . Wyatt ' s February . Operations against Forrest in western Tennessee and Kentucky March 16 - April 14 . Defense of Paducah , Ky . , April 14 . Sturgis ' Expedition to Ripley , Miss . , April 30 - May 2 . Sturgis ' Expedition to Guntown , Miss . , June 1 – 13 . Brice ' s Cross Roads , near Guntown , June 10 . Salem June 11 . Smith ' s Expedition to Tupelo , Miss . , July 5 – 21 . Camargo ' s Cross Roads , Harrisburg , July 13 . Harrisburg , near Tupelo , July 14 – 15 . Old Town or Tishamingo Creek July 15 . Smith ' s Expedition to Oxford , Miss . , August 1 – 30 . Abbeville August 23 . Moved to Duvall ' s Bluff , Ark . , September 1 . March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price September 17 - November 16 . Moved to Nashville , Tenn . , November 21 - December 1 . Reconnaissance from Nashville December 6 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17 – 28 . At Eastport , Miss . , until February 1865 . Moved to New Orleans , La . , February 9 – 22 . Campaign against Mobile , Ala . , and its defenses March 17 - April 12 . Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26 - April 8 . Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9 . Occupation of Mobile April 12 . March to Montgomery April 13 – 25 , and duty there until May 10 . Moved to Meridian , Miss . , and duty there until September . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 298 men during service ; 4 officers and 56 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 236 enlisted men died of disease .