60th Ohio Infantry The 60th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 60th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . First organization . The 60th Ohio Infantry was first organized in Gallipolis , Ohio and mustered in for three years service on February 25 , 1862 under the command of Colonel William H . Trimble . The regiment was unattached , Kanawha District , West Virginia , to April 1862 . Cluserett ' s Advance Brigade , Department of the Mountains , to June 1862 . Piatt ' s Brigade , 1st Division , I Corps , Army of Virginia , to September 1862 . Miles ' Command , Harpers Ferry , Virginia , September 1862 . The regiment served duty at Franklin May 25 , 1862 . Participated in the pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley June . Mt . Carmel Road , near Strasburg , June 1 . Strasburg and Staunton Road June 1 – 2 . Harrisonburg June 6 . Battle of Cross Keys June 9 . Moved to Strasburg June 19 – 22 , then to Middletown June 24 , and duty there until July . At Winchester , Va . , until September 2 . Evacuation of Winchester September 2 , and retreat to Harpers Ferry . Defense of Harpers Ferry September 11 – 15 . Bolivar Heights September 14 . The regiment surrendered September 15 , paroled as prisoners of war September 16 , and sent to Annapolis , Maryland , then to Camp Douglas , Chicago , Illinois . The 60th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service November 10 , 1862 . Casualties . During its first service , the regiment lost at total of 42 men ; 1 officer and 9 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 30 enlisted men due to disease . Second organization . The 60th Ohio Infantry was reorganized in Cleveland and Columbus , Ohio February through April 1864 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel James N . McElroy . It did not reach a strength of ten companies until February 1865 . The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , IX Corps , Army of the Potomac , to September 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , IX Corps , to July 1865 . Left Ohio for Alexandria , Va . , April 21 , 1864 . Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River , Va . , May 3 - June 15 , 1864 . Battles of the Wilderness May 5 – 7 . Spotsylvania May 8 – 12 . Ny River May 10 . Spotsylvania Court House May 12 – 21 . Assault on the Salient May 12 . North Anna River May 23 – 26 . Ox Ford May 23 – 24 . On line of the Pamunkey May 26 – 28 . Totopotomoy May 28 – 31 . Cold Harbor June 1 – 12 . Bethesda Church June 1 – 3 . Before Petersburg June 16 – 18 . Siege of Petersburg June 16 , 1864 to April 2 , 1865 . Mine Explosion July 30 , 1864 . Six - Mile House , Weldon Railroad , August 18 – 21 . Poplar Springs Church September 29 - October 2 . Reconnaissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Road October 8 . Boydton Plank Road , Ratcher ' s Run , October 27 – 28 . ( Company K organized November and December 1864 ) ; 9th and 10th Independent Companies Sharpshooters as Companies G and H , February 25 , 1865 . ) Fort Stedman March 25 , 1865 . Appomattox Campaign March 28 - April 9 . Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2 . Occupation of Petersburg April 3 . Pursuit of Lee April 3 – 9 . Surrender of Lee and his army at Appomattox Court House April 9 . Moved to Alexandria , Va . , April 21 – 28 . Duty there and at Washington , D . C . , until July . Grand Review of the Armies at Washington May 23 . Casualties . The reorganized regiment lost a total of 243 men during service ; 3 officers and 110 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 130 enlisted men died of disease .