49th Ohio Infantry The 49th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 49th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 49th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Noble in Tiffin , Ohio August and September 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel William H . Gibson . The 49th Ohio Infantry has the distinction of being the first Union regiment to enter Kentucky after Confederate forces violated the state ' s neutrality . The regiment was attached to Johnson ' s Brigade , McCook ' s Command , at Nolin , Ky . , to November 1861 . 6th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to December 1861 . 6th Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 6th Brigade , 2nd Division , I Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Right Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XX Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , IV Corps , to August 1865 . Department of Texas to November 1865 . The 49th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Victoria , Texas on November 30 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Camp Dennison , Ohio , September 10 , 1861 ; thence to Louisville , Ky . , September 21 . Moved to Camp Nevin , Ky . , October 10 . Occupation of Munfordsville December 10 , 1861 . Duty at Munfordville until February 1862 . Advance to Bowling Green , Ky . , and Nashville , Tenn . , February 14 - March 3 . March to Savannah , Tenn . , March 16 - April 6 . Battle of Shiloh , Tenn . , April 6 – 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 March to Battle Creek , Ala . , June 10 - July 18 , and duty there until August 20 . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 20 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 15 . Lawrenceburg , Ky . , October 8 . Dog Walk October 9 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 16 - November 7 , and duty there until December 26 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Duty at Murfreesboro until June . Christiana and Middleton March 6 . Tullahoma Campaign June 22 - July 7 . Liberty Gap June 22 – 27 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 20 . Siege of Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 24 - November 23 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Orchard Knob November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . March to relief of Knoxville , Tenn . , November 28 - December 8 . Operations in eastern Tennessee until February 1864 . At Cleveland , Tenn . , until April . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8 . Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8 – 13 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Adairsville May 17 . Near Kingston May 18 – 19 . Near Cassville May 19 . Advance on Dallas May 22 – 25 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Pickett ' s Mills May 27 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . 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 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 . 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 Nashville , Tenn . , until June . Moved to New Orleans , La . , June 16 ; thence to Texas . Duty at Green Lake , San Antonio and Victoria until November . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 363 men during service ; 14 officers and 188 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 160 enlisted men died of disease .