13th Ohio Infantry The 13th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 13th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . Three - months regiment . The 13th Ohio Infantry organized at Columbus , Ohio in April 20 - May 7 , 1861 under Colonel A . S . Piatt in response to President Lincoln ' s call for 75 , 000 volunteers . The regiment moved to Camp Dennison near Cincinnati , Ohio on May 9 and remained on duty there until June 22 when it was reorganized as a three - years regiment . Men who enlisted in the three - month regiment were mustered out August 14 – 25 , 1861 . Three - years regiment . The 13th Ohio Infantry was reorganized at Camp Dennison and mustered in for three years service on June 22 , 1861 under the command of Colonel William Sooy Smith . The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade , Army of Occupation , Western Virginia , to September 1861 . Bonham ' s Brigade , District of the Kanawha , Western Virginia , to October 1861 . 1st Brigade , Kanawha Division Western Virginia , to November 1861 . 17th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to December 1861 . 17th Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of the Ohio , to April 1862 . 14th Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 14th 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 , to June 1865 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , IV Corps , to August 1865 . Central District of Texas to October 1865 . Sub - District of San Antonio , Central District of Texas , to December 1865 . After the three - year enlistments expired in June 1864 , recruits and veterans who reenlisted were consolidated into a battalion of four companies . The 13th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at San Antonio , Texas on December 5 , 1865 . Detailed service . Left Ohio for Parkersburg , W . Va . , June 30 , 1861 . West Virginia Campaign July 6 – 17 , 1861 . Moved to Oakland , W . Va . , July 14 . Expedition to Greenland Gap July 15 – 16 . Duty at Sutton until September . Battle of Carnifex Ferry September 10 . At Gauley Bridge until November . Operations in the Kanawha Valley and New River Region October 19 - November 16 . Gauley Bridge November 3 . Pursuit of Floyd November 12 – 16 . Cotton Hill and Laurel Creek November 12 . McCoy ' s Mills November 15 . Ordered to Louisville , Ky . , and camp at Jeffersonville , Ind . , until December 11 . Near Elizabethtown , Ky . , until December 26 , and at Bacon Creek until February 10 , 1862 . Advance on Bowling Green , Ky . , and Nashville , Tenn . , February 10 – 25 . Occupation of Nashville until March 17 . March to Savannah , Tenn . , March 17 - April 6 . Battle of Shiloh April 6 – 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Buell ' s Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 21 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 16 . Battle of Perryville October 8 ( reserve ) . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 16 - November 7 . Duty there until December 26 . Action at Rural Hill November 18 . Advance on Murfreesboro , Tenn . , December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Duty at Murfreesboro until June . Stones River Ford , McMinnville , June 4 . Tullahoma Campaign June 22 - July 7 . Liberty Gap June 22 – 24 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River , and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Battle of Chickamauga , September 19 – 20 . Missionary Ridge September 22 . Siege of Chattanooga September 24 - November 23 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Orchard Knob November 23 . Missionary Ridge November 24 – 25 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . March to relief of Knoxville , Tenn . , November 28 - December 3 . Operations in eastern Tennessee until April 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 - September 8 . Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton , Ga . , 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 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 . Non - veterans mustered out June 21 , 1864 . Veterans and recruits consolidated to a battalion . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station , Smyrna Camp Ground , July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . 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 and duty there until March 1865 . Operations in eastern Tennessee March 16 - April 22 . Duty at Nashville until June . Moved to New Orleans , La . , June 16 , thence to Texas . Duty at Green Lake until September 4 , and at San Antonio , Texas until December . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 221 men during service ; 8 officers and 109 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 102 enlisted men died of disease .