71st Ohio Infantry The 71st Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 71st OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 71st Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Tod in Troy , Ohio September 1861 through January 1862 and mustered in for three years service on February 1 , 1862 under the command of Colonel Rodney Mason . The regiment was attached to District of Paducah , Kentucky , to March 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Tennessee , to April 1862 . Garrison at Fort Donelson , Tennessee , to June 1863 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , Reserve Corps , Department of the Cumberland , to September 1863 . Post of Gallatin , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to April 1864 . Unassigned , 4th Division , XX Corps , Department of the Cumberland , to August 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , IV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to June 1865 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , IV Corps , to August 1865 . Department of Texas to November 1865 . The 71st Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at San Antonio , Texas on November 30 , 1865 . Detailed service . Ordered to Paducah , Ky . , February 10 . Reconnaissance toward Columbus , Ky . , February 25 - March 3 , 1862 . Action at and occupation of Columbus March 3 . Moved from Paducah , Ky . , to Savannah , Tenn . , March 6 – 10 . Expedition to Yellow Creek , Miss . , and occupation of Pittsburg Landing , Tenn . , March 14 – 17 . Battle of Shiloh , April 6 – 7 . Ordered to Fort Donelson , Tenn . , April 16 . Garrison duty at Fort Donelson and Clarksville , Tenn . , and operations in northern and middle Tennessee until August . Action at Clarksville August 18 . Post surrendered by Col . Mason . Fort Donelson August 25 ( Companies A , B , G , and H ) . Cumberland Iron Works August 26 ( Companies A , B , G , and H ) . Expedition to Clarksville September 5 – 10 . Pickett ' s Hill , Clarksville , September 7 . Garrison duty at Forts Donelson and Henry , Tenn . , until August 1863 . Guard duty along Louisville & Nashville Railroad ( headquarters at Gallatin , Tenn . ) until July 1864 . Expedition from Gallatin to Carthage October 10 – 14 , 1863 ( detachment ) . Near Hartsville October 10 ( detachment ) . Expedition from Gallatin to Cumberland Mountains January 28 - February 8 . Winchester May 10 ( detachment ) . Relieved from garrison duty July 1864 , and ordered to join Sherman ' s Army before Atlanta , Ga . Atlanta Campaign July 31 - September 8 . Siege of Atlanta July 31 - August 25 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29 - November 3 . At Athens , Ga . , October 31 - November 23 . March to Columbia , Tenn . , November 23 – 24 . Nashville Campaign November – December . Columbia , Duck River , November 24 – 27 . Battle of Franklin November 30 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17 – 28 . Moved to Huntsville , Ala . , and duty there until March 1865 . Operations in eastern Tennessee March 15 - April 22 . Duty at Strawberry Plains and Nashville until June . Ordered to New Orleans , La . , June 16 , thence moved to Texas . Duty at San Antonio until November . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 206 men during service ; 3 officers and 66 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 5 officers and 132 enlisted men died of disease .