39th Ohio Infantry The 39th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 39th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 39th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Colerain and Camp Dennison near Cincinnati , Ohio July 31 through August 13 , 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel John Groesbeck . The regiment was attached to Army of the West and Department of the Missouri to February 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Mississippi , to April 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of the Mississippi , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 8th Division , Left Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . 1st Brigade , 8th Division , XVI Corps , to March 1863 . 4th Brigade , District of Corinth , Mississippi , 2nd Division , XVI Corps , to May 1863 . 3rd Brigade , District of Memphis , Tennessee , 5th Division , XVI Corps , to November 1863 . Fuller ' s Brigade , 2nd Division , XVI Corps , to January 1864 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , XVI Corps , to September 1864 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XVII Corps , to July 1865 . The 39th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville , Kentucky on July 9 , 1865 . Detailed service . Left Ohio for St . Louis , Mo . , August 18 , then moved to Medon September 6 ( 9 companies ) . ( Company K served detached at St . Louis , Mo . , September 1861 to February 1862 . ) Companies A , B , E , and I on duty at St . Joseph , Mo . , guarding Northern Missouri Railroad September 1861 to February 1862 . Companies C , D , F , G , and H marched to relief of Lexington , Mo . , September 12 – 20 ; then to Kansas City September 21 – 22 . Fremont ' s advance on Springfield , Mo . , October 15 - November 2 , 1861 . March to Sedalia November 9 – 17 . Duty at Sedalia and Syracuse , Mo . , until February 1862 . Action at Shanghai December 1 , 1861 . Moved to St . Louis , Mo . , February 2 , 1862 , then to Commerce , Mo . , February 22 – 24 . Siege operations against New Madrid , Mo . , March 3 – 14 . Siege and capture of Island No . 10 , Mississippi River , and pursuit to Tiptonville March 15 - April 8 . Expedition to Fort Pillow , Tenn . , April 13 – 17 . Moved to Hamburg Landing , Tenn . , April 18 – 22 . Action at Monterey April 29 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Reconnaissance toward Corinth May 8 . Near Corinth May 24 . Occupation of Corinth and pursuit to Booneville May 30 - June 12 . Duty at Clear Creek until August 29 . Battle of Iuka , Miss . , September 19 . Battle of Corinth , Miss . , October 3 – 4 . Pursuit to Ripley October 5 – 12 . Grant ' s Central Mississippi Campaign November 2 , 1862 to January 12 , 1863 . Expedition to Jackson December 18 . Action at Parker ' s Cross Roads December 30 . Red Mound or Parker ' s Cross Roads December 31 . Duty at Corinth until April 1863 . Dodge ' s Expedition to northern Alabama April 15 - May 8 . Rock Cut , near Tuscumbia , April 22 . Tuscumbia April 23 . Town Creek April 28 . Duty at Memphis , Tenn . , until October , and at Prospect , Tenn . , until February 1864 . Reenlisted at Prospect December 26 , 1863 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8 , 1864 . Demonstrations on Resaca May 8 – 13 . Sugar Valley , near Resaca , May 9 . Near Resaca May 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 Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Ruff ' s Mills July 3 – 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Battle of Atlanta July 22 . 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 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Monteith Swamp December 9 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Reconnaissance to the Salkehatchie River , S . C . , January 20 . Skirmishes at Rivers and Broxton Bridges , Salkehatchie River , February 2 . Action at Rivers Bridge , Salkehatchie River , February 3 . Binnaker ' s Bridge , South Edisto River , February 9 . Orangeburg , North Edisto River , February 12 – 13 . Columbia February 16 – 17 . Juniper Creek , near Cheraw , March 3 . Battle of Bentonville , N . C . , March 20 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro and Raleigh , Bennett ' s House , April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . March to Washington , D . C . , via Richmond , Va . , April 29 - May 20 . Grand Review May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 196 men during service ; 2 officers and 62 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 3 officers and 129 enlisted men died of disease .