68th Ohio Infantry The 68th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 68th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 68th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Latta in Napoleon , Ohio October through December 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Samuel H . Steedman . The regiment was attached to 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , Military District of Cairo , February 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of the Tennessee , to May 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of the Tennessee , to July 1863 . Unattached , District of Jackson , Tennessee , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Right Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XVII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to July 1865 . The 68th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville , Kentucky on July 10 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Camp Chase , Ohio , January 21 , 1862 , then ordered to Fort Donelson , Tenn . , February 7 . Investment and capture of Fort Donelson , Tenn . , February 12 – 16 , 1862 . Expedition toward Purdy and operations about Crump ' s Landing March 9 – 14 . Battle of Shiloh April 6 – 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . March to Purdy , thence to Bolivar , and duty there until September . March to Iuka , Miss . , September 1 – 19 . Battle of the Hatchie October 5 . Grant ' s Central Mississippi Campaign , operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad , November 2 , 1862 to January 10 , 1863 . Reconnaissance from LaGrange November 8 – 9 , 1862 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , January 20 , 1863 , then to Lake Providence , La . , February 22 . Moved to Milliken ' s Bend April 10 . Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30 . Battle of Port Gibson May 1 . Forty Hills and Hankinson ' s Ferry May 3 – 4 . Battle of Raymond May 12 . Jackson May 14 . Battle of Champion Hill May 16 . Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July 4 . Surrender of Vicksburg July 4 , and duty there until February 1864 . Expedition to Monroe , La . , August 20 - September 2 , 1863 . Expedition to Canton October 14 – 20 . Bogue Chitto Creek October 17 . Meridian Campaign February 3 - March 2 , 1864 . Morton February 10 . Veterans absent on furlough February 20 - May 8 . Moved to Cairo , Ill . , May 7 – 8 , then to Clifton , Tenn . , and march via Pulaski , Huntsville and Decatur , Ala . , to Rome and Ackworth , Ga . , May 12 - June 9 . Atlanta Campaign June - 9 - September 8 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creak July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Howell ' s Ferry July 5 . Leggett ' s or Bald Hill July 20 – 21 . 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 . Jonesboro September 5 . 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 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Pocotaligo , S . C . , January 14 . Salkehatchie Swamps February 2 – 5 . Barker ' s Mills , Whippy Swamp , February 2 . Binnaker ' s Bridge , South Edisto River , February 9 . Orangeburg , North Edisto River , February 12 – 13 . Columbia February 16 – 17 . Battle of Bentonville , N . C . , March 20 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 14 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . 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 of the Armies May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June 1 , and duty there until July . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 300 men during service ; 2 officers and 48 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 249 enlisted men died of disease .