61st Ohio Infantry The 61st Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 61st OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 61st Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus , Ohio and mustered in for three years service on April 23 , 1862 under the command of Colonel Newton Schleich . The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , I Corps , Army of Virginia , June to September 1862 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XI Corps , Army of the Potomac , to October 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XI Corps , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XI Corps , Army of the Potomac , to October 1863 . Army of the Cumberland to April 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , XX Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to March 1865 . The 61st Ohio Infantry ceased to exist on March 31 , 1865 when it was consolidated with the 82nd Ohio Infantry . Detailed service . Ordered to western Virginia May 27 , and joined Fremont ' s army at Strasburg , Va . , June 23 , 1862 . March to Sperryville and duty there until August 8 , 1862 . Pope ' s Campaign in northern Virginia August 16 - September 2 . Freeman ' s Ford August 22 . Sulphur Springs August 23 – 24 . Battles of Groveton August 29 , and Bull Run August 30 . Duty in the defenses of Washington , D . C . , until December . March to Fredericksburg , Va . , December 10 – 15 . " Mud March " January 20 – 24 , 1863 . Duty at Stafford Court House until April 27 . Chancellorsville Campaign April 27 - May 6 . Battle of Chancellorsville May 1 – 5 . Gettysburg Campaign June 11 - July 24 . Battle of Gettysburg , July 1 – 3 . Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap , Va . , July 5 – 24 . Duty along Orange & Alexandria Railroad July 26 to September 26 . Movement to Bridgeport , Ala . , September 26 - October 3 . Reopening Tennessee River October 26 – 29 . Battle of Wauhatchie , Tenn . , October 28 – 29 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Orchard Knob November 23 . Mission Lodge November 24 – 25 . March to relief of Knoxville , Tenn . , November 28 - December 8 . Moved to Bridgeport , Ala . , and duty there until March 1864 . Veterans on furlough March and April . Atlanta Campaign May 1 - September 8 . Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Cassville May 19 . New Hope Church May 25 . Battles about Dallas , New Hope Church , and Allatoona Hills , May 25 - June 5 . Lost Mountain June 8 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Gilgal , or Golgotha Church , June 15 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes ' Creek June 19 . Kolb ' s Farm June 22 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station July 4 . Chattahoochie River June 5 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge May 26 - September 2 . Occupation of Atlanta September 2 - November 15 . Expedition from Atlanta to Tuckum ' s Cross Roads October 26 – 29 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Montieth Swamp December 9 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to March 1865 . Taylor ' s Hole Creek , Averysboro , N . C . , March 16 . Battle of Bentonville March 19 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 165 men during service ; 7 officers and 68 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 90 enlisted men died of disease .