35th Ohio Infantry The 35th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 35th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . It was nicknamed the " Persimmon Regiment " Service . The 35th Ohio Infantry was organized in Hamilton , Ohio and mustered in for three years service on September 20 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Ferdinand Van Derveer . The regiment was attached to 3rd Brigade , Army of the Ohio , November – December 1861 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , III Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , Center , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XIV Corps , to August 1864 . The 35th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Chattanooga , Tennessee August 26 - September 28 , 1864 . Veterans and recruits were transferred to the 18th Ohio Infantry . Detailed service . Moved to Covington , Ky . , September 26 . Assigned to guard duty along the Kentucky Central Railroad . Headquarters at Cynthiana , until November . At Paris , Ky . , until December . Operations about Mill Springs and Somerset , Ky . , December 1 – 13 , 1861 . Action at Fishing Creek , near Somerset , December 8 . Advance to Camp Hamilton January 1 – 17 , 1862 . Battle of Mill Springs January 19 – 20 . March to Louisville , Ky . , thence moved to Nashville , Tenn . , via Ohio and Cumberland Rivers February 10 - March 2 . March to Savannah , Tenn . , March 20 - April 8 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Pursuit to Booneville May 31 - June 14 . Moved to Tuscumbia , Ala . , June 22 , and duty there until July 27 . Moved to Dechard , Tenn . , July 27 . March to Louisville . Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 21 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 15 . Battle of Perryville , Ky . , October 8 ( reserve ) . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 16 - November 7 . Duty at South Tunnel , opening railroad communications with Nashville , November 8 – 26 . Guarding fords of the Cumberland until January 14 , 1863 . Duty at Nashville , Tenn . , January 15 - March 6 . Moved to Triune March 6 , and duty there until June . Expedition toward Columbia March 6 – 14 . Franklin June 4 – 5 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Hoover ' s Gap June 24 – 26 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River , and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 21 . Siege of Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 24 - November 23 . Demonstration on Dalton , Ga . , February 22 – 27 , 1864 . Tunnel Hill , Buzzard ' s Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23 – 25 . Reconnaissance from Ringgold toward Tunnel Hill April 29 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 - August 3 . Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Advance on Dallas May 18 – 25 . Operations on 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 5 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 3 . Ordered to Chattanooga , Tenn . , August 3 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 208 men during service ; 5 officers and 75 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 126 enlisted men died of disease .