54th Ohio Infantry The 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 54th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . They wore zouave uniforms that were identical to those of the 34th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( Piatts Zouaves . ) Service . The 54th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati , Ohio in October 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith . The regiment was recruited in Allen , Auglaize , Champaign , Clinton , Cuyahoga , Fayette , Greene , Highland , Lake , Logan , Morgan , and Preble counties . The regiment was attached to District of Paducah , Kentucky , to March 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Tennessee , to May 1862 . 1st Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Tennessee , to July 1862 . 1st Brigade , 5th Division , District of Memphis , Tennessee , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 5th Division , District of Memphis , Tennessee , Right Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Right Wing , XIII Corps , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XV Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to July 1865 . Department of Arkansas to August 1865 . The 54th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service on August 15 , 1865 in Little Rock , Arkansas . Detailed service . Left Ohio for Paducah , Ky . , February 17 , 1862 . Moved from Paducah to Savannah , Tenn . , March 6 – 12 , 1862 . Expedition to Yellow Creek , Miss . , and occupation of Pittsburg Landing , Tenn . , March 14 – 17 . Battle of Shiloh , Tenn . , April 6 – 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Russell ' s House , near Corinth , May 17 . March to Memphis , Tenn . , via LaGrange , Grand Junction and Holly Springs , June 1 - July 21 . Duty at Memphis until November . Expedition from Memphis to Coldwater and Hermando , Miss . , September 8 – 13 . Grant ' s Central Mississippi Campaign , " Tallahatchie March , " November 26 - December 13 . Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition December 20 , 1862 to January 3 , 1863 . Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28 , 1862 . 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 17 – 21 , and duty there until March . Expedition up Rolling Fork via Muddy , Steele ' s and Black Bayous and Deer Creek , March 14 – 27 . Demonstrations on Haines and Drumgould ' s Bluffs April 29 - May 2 . Moved to join army in rear of Vicksburg , Miss . , May 2 – 14 , via Richmond and Grand Gulf . Battle of Champion Hill May 16 . 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 , Miss . , July 10 – 17 . Camp at Big Black until September 26 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , then march to Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 26 - November 21 . Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20 – 29 . Bear Creek , Tuscumbia , October 27 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Tunnel Hill November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . March to relief of Knoxville November 28 - December 8 . March to Chattanooga , Tenn . , then to Bridgeport , Ala . , Bellefonte , Ala . , and Larkinsville , Ala . , December 13 – 31 . Duty at Larkinsville , Ala . , to May 1 , 1864 . Expedition toward Rome , Ga . , January 25 - February 5 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8 . Demonstration on Resaca May 8 – 13 . Near Resaca May 13 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Movements 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 Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Battle of Atlanta July 22 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Ezra Chapel , Hood ' s 2nd sortie , July 28 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Operations in northern Georgia and northern Alabama against Hood September 29 - November 3 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Fort McAllister December 13 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Salkehatchie Swamps , S . C . , February 2 – 5 . Cannon ' s Bridge , South Edisto River , February 9 . North Edisto River , February 11 – 13 . Columbia February 16 – 17 . Battle of Bentonville , N . C . , March 20 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . March to Washington , D . C . , via Richmond , Va . , April 29 - May 19 . Grand Review May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June 2 , thence to Little Rock , Ark . , and duty there until August . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 233 men during service ; 4 officers and 83 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 3 officers and 143 enlisted men died of disease .