26th Ohio Infantry The 26th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 26th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . It was often referred to by its members as " The Groundhog Regiment " . Service . The 26th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus , Ohio beginning June 8 , 1861 and mustered in for three years service on July 24 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Edward P . Fyffe . The regiment was recruited in Butler , Champaign , Crawford , Delaware , Guernsey , Logan , Madison , Mahoning , Morgan , Morrow , Richland , Ross , Scioto , and Trumbull counties . The regiment was attached to Cox ' s Kanawha Brigade , West Virginia , to October 1861 . District of the Kanawha , West Virginia , to January 1862 . 15th Brigade , 4th Division , Army of the Ohio , to March 1862 . 15th Brigade , 6th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 15th Brigade , 6th Division , II Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Left Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XXI Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , IV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to June 1865 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , IV Corps , to August 1865 . Department of Texas to October 1865 . The 26th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Victoria , Texas on October 21 , 1865 . Detailed service . Ordered to the Kanawha Valley , W . Va . , July 25 . and duty there August 1861 to January 1862 . Action at Boone Court House , Va . , September 1 , 1861 . Operations in the Kanawha Valley and New River Region October 19 - November 16 , 1861 . Ordered to Kentucky January 1 , 1862 . Advance on Nashville , Tenn . , February 14 – 25 . Occupation of Nashville February 25 - March 18 . March to Savannah , Tenn . , March 18 - April 6 . Lawrenceburg April 4 . Battle of Shiloh , Tenn . , April 6 – 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Pursuit to Booneville May 31 - June 6 . Buell ' s Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August . Little Pond , near McMinnville , August 20 . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 30 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 15 . Battle of Perryville October 8 ( reserve ) . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 16 - November 7 , and duty there until December 26 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Lavergne December 26 – 27 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Duty at Murfreesboro until June . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River , and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Expedition from Tracy City to Tennessee River August 22 – 24 ( detachment ) . Reconnaissance toward Chattanooga November 7 . Lookout Valley November 7 – 8 . Occupation of Chattanooga September 9 . Lee and Gordon ' s Mills September 17 – 18 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 20 . Siege of Chattanooga 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 November 28 - December 8 . Regiment reenlisted January 1 , 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 - September 8 , 1864 . Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8 – 13 . Buzzard ' s Roost Gap or Mill Creek May 8 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Adairsville May 17 . Near Kingston May 18 – 19 . 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 July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Buckhead , Nancy ' s Creek , July 18 . 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 . 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 until June . Moved to New Orleans June 16 , thence to Texas . Duty at San Antonio and Victoria until October . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 238 men during service ; 6 officers and 116 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 116 enlisted men died of disease .