45th Ohio Infantry The 45th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 45th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 45th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus , Ohio August 19 , 1862 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Benjamin Piatt Runkle . The regiment was attached to 3rd Division , Army of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , September and October 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of Kentucky , to January 1863 . District of Central Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XXIII Corps , Department of the Ohio , to July 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , to August 1863 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , to December 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division Cavalry Corps , Department of the Ohio , to April 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , to June 1864 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , June 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , IV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to June 1865 . The 45th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Nashville , Tennessee on June 12 , 1865 . Recruits were transferred to the 51st Ohio Infantry . Detailed service . Ordered to Cynthiana , Ky . , August 19 ; then moved to Covington . Ky . , and defense of Cincinnati , Ohio , against threatened attack by Kirby Smith . Duty at Lexington , Ky . , October 1862 to January 1863 . Moved to Danville , Ky . , January 25 , and duty there until March . Operations in central Kentucky against Cluke ' s forces February 18 - March 5 . Regiment mounted at Danville and Brigaded with 7th Ohio Cavalry and 10th Kentucky Cavalry . Operations against Pegram March 22 - April 1 . Action at Dutton ' s Hill , near Somerset , March 30 . Expedition to Monticello and operations in southeastern Kentucky April 26 - May 12 . Monticello May 1 . Skirmishes about Monticello April 28 - May 2 . Waitsborough June 6 . Monticello and Rocky Gap June 9 . West Farm June 9 . Operations against Morgan July 2 – 26 in response to Morgan ' s Raid , the 45th , along with Wolford ' s 1st Kentucky Cavalry and the 2nd Ohio Cavalry , left Jamestown , Kentucky in pursuit of John Hunt Morgan ' s troops which had crossed the Cumberland River at Burkesville , Kentucky . The Union troops pursued the Rebels from the Cumberland across the Ohio River at Brandenburg , Kentucky , and through Indiana and Ohio . Columbia July 3 . Buffington Island , Ohio . July 19 . Cheshire and Coal Hill July 20 . Operations in eastern Kentucky against Scott ' s forces July 25 - August 6 . Burnside ' s Campaign in eastern Tennessee August 16 - October 17 . Winter ' s Gap August 31 . Near Sweetwater September 6 . Athens , Calhoun , and Charleston September 25 . Near Philadelphia October 15 . Philadelphia October 20 . Jones ' Hill October 26 – 27 . Knoxville Campaign November 4 - December 23 . Marysville November 14 . Rockford November 14 . Stock Creek November 15 . Holston River November 15 . Near Knoxville November 16 . Skirmishes about Kingston November 16 – 23 . Siege of Knoxville November 17 - December 5 . Skirmishes at and near Bean ' s Station December 9 – 15 . Russellsville December 10 . Bean ' s Station December 10 – 14 - 15 . Rutledge December 16 . Blain ' s Cross Roads December 16 – 19 . Operations about Dandridge January 26 – 28 , 1864 . Near Fair Garden January 27 . At Cumberland Gap until February 8 . At Mt . Sterling , Ky . , until April 6 , when dismounted . March to Knoxville , then moved to Cleveland , Tenn . , April 6 - May 5 . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Demonstrations on Dalton May 9 – 13 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Advance on Dallas May 18 – 25 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church , and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountains June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes ' Creek June 19 . Kolb ' s Farm June 23 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29 - November 3 . Moved to Pulaski , Tenn . , 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 . At Nashville , Tenn . , until June . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 339 men during service ; 5 officers and 58 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 275 enlisted men died of disease .