57th Ohio Infantry The 57th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 57th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 57th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Vance in Findlay , Ohio and mustered in for three years service on December 12 , 1861 under the command of Colonel William Mungen . The regiment was attached to District of Paducah , Kentucky , to March 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Tennessee , to May 1862 . 1st Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Tennessee , to July 1862 . 1st Brigade , 5th Division , District of Memphis , Tennessee , to November 1862 . 4th Brigade , 5th Division , Right Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , District of Memphis , XIII Corps , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XV Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to September 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XV Corps , to July 1865 . Department of Arkansas to August 1865 . The 57th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service on August 14 , 1865 at Little Rock , Arkansas . Detailed service . Moved to Camp Chase , Ohio , January 22 , 1862 . Ordered to Paducah , Ky . , February 18 . Duty at Paducah , Ky . , until March 6 , 1862 . Moved to Savannah , Tenn . , March 6 – 10 . Expedition to Yellow Creek and occupation of Pittsburg Landing , Tenn . , March 14 – 17 . Expedition to Eastport , Miss . , and Chickasaw , Ala . , April 1 – 2 . Battle of Shiloh , Tenn . , April 6 – 7 . Corinth Road April 8 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Russell House , near Corinth , May 17 . March to Memphis , Tenn . , via LaGrange , Grand Junction , and Holly Springs June 1 - July 18 . Rising Sun , Tenn . , June 30 . Duty at Memphis until November . Expedition from Memphis to Coldwater and Herando , Miss . , September 8 – 13 . Skirmish at Wolf Creek Bridge September 23 . Grant ' s Central Mississippi Campaign . " Tallahatchie March " November 26 - December 13 . Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition December 20 , 1862 to January 3 , 1863 . Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28 , 1862 . Chickasaw Bluff December 29 . Expedition to Arkansas Post , Ark . , January 3 – 10 , 1863 . Assault and capture of Fort Hindman , Arkansas Post , January 10 – 11 . Expedition to South Bend , Arkansas River , January 14 – 15 . Moved to Young ' s Point , La . , January 17 – 21 , and duty there until March . Expedition to Rolling Fork , Miss . , via Muddy , Steele ' s and Black Bayous and Deer Creek March 14 – 27 . Demonstration on Haines and Drumgould ' s Bluffs April 29 - May 2 . Movement to join army in rear of Vicksburg , Miss . , via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2 – 14 . Battle of Champion Hill May 16 . Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 4 – 10 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . Duty at Big Black until September 27 . Moved to Memphis , thence march to Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 27 - November 20 . Operations on Memphis & Chattanooga Railroad in Alabama October 20 – 29 . Bear Creek , Tuscumbia , October 27 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Tunnel Hill November 23 – 25 . Foot of Missionary Ridge November 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . March to relief of Knoxville , Tenn . , November 28 - December 8 . Reenlisted January 1 , 1864 . Veterans on furlough February – March . Atlanta Campaign May 1 - September 8 . Demonstrations on Resaca May 8 – 13 . 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 5 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Battle of Atlanta July 22 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Ezra Chapel , Hood ' s 2nd Sortie , July 28 . 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 . Clinton November 21 – 23 . Ball ' s Ferry and Georgia Central Railroad Bridge November 23 – 25 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Fort McAllister December 13 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Salkehatchie Swamps , S . C . , February 2 – 5 . Holman ' s Bridge , South Edisto River , February 9 . 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 30 . Grand Review of the Armies May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June 2 ; then to Little Rock , Ark . , and duty there until August . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 319 men during service ; 4 officers and 77 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 4 officers and 234 enlisted men died of disease .