51st Ohio Infantry The 51st Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 51st OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 51st Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Meigs in Dover , Ohio beginning September 17 , 1861 and mustered in for three years service on October 26 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Thomas Stanley Matthews . The regiment was recruited in Coshocton , Darke , Madison , and Tuscarawas counties . The regiment was attached to 15th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to December 1861 . 15th Brigade , 4th Division , Army of the Ohio , to March 1862 . Unattached , Nashville , Tennessee , to June 1862 . 10th Brigade , 4th Division , Army of the Ohio , to July 1862 . 23rd Independent Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to August 1862 . 23rd Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 23rd Brigade , 5th Division , II Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , Left Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XXI Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , IV Corps , to June 1865 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , IV Corps , to August 1865 . Department of Texas to October 1865 . The 51st Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Victoria , Texas on October 3 , 1865 . The regiment was discharged at Columbus , Ohio November 3 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Wellsville November 3 , thence to Louisville , Ky . , and duty there until December 10 . Duty at Camp Wickliffe , Ky . , until February 1862 . Expedition down the Ohio River to reinforce General Grant , thence to Nashville , Tenn . , February 14 – 25 . Occupation of Nashville February 25 . Provost duty there until July 9 . Moved to Tullahoma , Tenn . , and joined Nelson ' s Division . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 21 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 22 . Battle of Perryville , Ky . , October 8 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 22 - November 7 , and duty there until December 26 . Dobbins ' Ferry , near Lawrence , December 9 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Duty at Murfreesboro until June . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . At McMinnville until August 16 . Passage of Cumberland Mountain and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 20 . Siege of Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 24 - November 23 . Reopening Tennessee River October 26 – 29 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Lookout Mountain November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Ringgold Gap , Taylor ' s Ridge November 27 . Duty at Whiteside until January 1864 . Reenlisted January 1 , 1864 . At Blue Springs , near Cleveland , until May . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Tunnel Hill May 6 – 7 . Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8 – 13 . Buzzard ' s Roost Gap May 8 – 9 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . 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 . 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 , Smyrna Camp Ground , 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 . Duty at Nashville , Tenn . , until June . Ordered to New Orleans , La . , June 16 , thence to Texas . Duty at Indianola , Green Lake and Victoria , Texas , to October . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 346 men during service ; 4 officers and 108 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 233 enlisted men died of disease .