59th Ohio Infantry The 59th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 59th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 59th Ohio Infantry was organized at Ripley , Ohio and mustered in for three years service on September 12 , 1861 under the command of Colonel James P . Fyffe . The regiment was recruited in Brown and Clermont counties . The regiment was attached to 11th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to December 1861 . 11th Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Ohio , to March 1862 . 11th Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 11th Brigade , 5th Division , II Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Left Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XXI Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , IV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to September 1864 . Unattached , 4th Division , XX Corps , Department of the Cumberland , to October 1864 . Tullahoma , Tennessee , Defenses of Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad , Department of the Cumberland , to October 1864 . The majority of 59th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service on October 31 , 1864 . Recruits and non - veterans were kept in the service as Companies I and K , 59th Ohio Infantry and mustered out at Nashville , Tennessee on June 28 and July 16 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Maysville , Ky . , October 1 . Nelson ' s Campaign in Kentucky October – November . Action at West Liberty October 21 . Olympian Springs November 4 . Ivy Mountain November 8 . Piketon November 8 – 9 . Moved to Louisa , thence to Louisville and to Columbia , Ky . , December 11 . Duty at Columbia , Ky . , December 11 , 1861 to February 15 , 1862 . March to Bowling Green , Ky . , thence to Nashville , Tenn . , February 15 - March 8 . March to Savannah , Tenn . ; March 18 - April 6 . Battle of Shiloh , Tenn . , April 6 – 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Occupation of Corinth May 30 , and pursuit to Booneville May 31 - June 12 . March to Stevenson , Ala . , via Iuka , Miss . , Tuscumbia , Florence , Huntsville and Athens , Ala . , June 12 - July 24 ; thence to Battle Creek and duty there until August 20 . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 20 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 22 . Battle of Perryville October 8 ( reserve ) . Nelson ' s Cross Roads October 18 , March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 22 - November 7 , and duty there until December 26 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . At Murfreesboro until June . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . 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 – 20 . Siege of Chattanooga September 24 - November 23 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 26 . Orchard Knob November 23 . Tunnel Hill November 24 – 25 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . March to relief of Knoxville November 28 - December 8 . Operations in eastern Tennessee until April 1864 . Action at Charleston December 28 , 1863 ( detachment ) . Atlanta Campaign May 1 - September 8 . Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8 – 13 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Adairsville May 17 . Near Kingston May 18 – 19 . Near 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 . Pickett ' s Mills May 27 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 10 – 14 Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Peach Tree 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 . Transferred to XXIII Corps and ordered to Tullahoma , Tenn . , thence to Nashville , Tenn . , October 24 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 157 men during service ; 2 officers and 45 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 109 enlisted men died of disease .