44th Ohio Infantry The 44th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 44th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 44th Ohio Infantry was organized in Springfield , Ohio September 12 through October 14 , 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Samuel A . Gilbert . The regiment was attached to Benham ' s Brigade , District of the Kanawha , West Virginia , October 1861 . 1st Brigade , District of the Kanawha , West Virginia , to March 1862 . 3rd Brigade , Kanawha Division , West Virginia , to September 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , District of Central Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XXIII Corps , Department of the Ohio , to July 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , to August 1863 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , to January 1864 . The 44th Ohio Infantry ceased to exist on January 4 , 1864 when its designation was changed to the 8th Ohio Cavalry . Detailed service . Ordered to Camp Platt , Va . , October 14 . Operations in the Kanawha Valley and New River Region , Virginia , October 19 - November 16 , 1861 . Duty at Camp Platt , Va . , until May 1862 . Action at Chapmansville April 18 . Moved to Gauley Bridge May 1 . Expedition to Lewisburg and Jackson River Depot May 12 – 23 . Jackson River Depot May 20 . Action at Lewisburg May 23 . Moved to Meadow Bluffs May 29 , and duty there until August . Expedition to Salt Sulphur Springs June 22 – 25 . Scout from Meadow Bluffs to Greenbrier River August 2 – 5 ( Companies F , G , and K ) . Greenbrier River August 3 . Near Cannelton September 1 . Campaign in the Kanawha Valley September 6 – 16 . Camp Tompkins September 9 . Miller ' s Ferry and Gauley Bridge September 11 . Near Cannelton September 12 . Charleston September 13 . Point Pleasant September 20 . Ordered to Covington , Ky . , September 27 . Brookville September 28 . Moved to Lexington , Ky . , October 6 . To Richmond December 1 , then to Danville , Ky . , December 20 . Regiment mounted at Frankfort , Ky . Operations in central Kentucky against Cluke ' s forces February 18 - March 5 , 1863 . Action at Slate Creek , near Mt . Sterling , February 24 . Stoner ' s Bridge February 24 . Hazel Green March 9 and 19 . Operations against Pegram March 22 - April 1 . Hickman ' s Bridge March 28 . Dutton ' s Hill , Somerset , March 30 . Expedition to Monticello and operations in southeastern Kentucky April 26 - May 12 . Barbourville April 27 . Monticello May 1 . Saunder ' s Raid into eastern Tennessee June 14 – 24 . Pine Mountain June 16 . Big Creek Gap June 17 . Knoxville June 19 – 20 . Strawberry Plains , Rogers ' Gap and Powder Springs Gap , June 20 . Williams ' Gap and Powell Valley June 22 . Rogers ' Gap June 26 . Operations against Scott July 22 – 27 . Williamsburg July 25 ( detachment ) . London July 26 . Richmond and Manchester Cross Roads July 27 . Burnside ' s Campaign in eastern Tennessee August 16 - October 17 . Expedition to Cumberland Gap September 4 – 7 . Operations about Cumberland Gap September 7 – 10 . Cumberland Iron Works September 23 . Blue Springs October 10 . Knoxville Campaign November 4 - December 23 . Siege of Knoxville November 17 - December 5 . Bean ' s Station December 14 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 210 men during service ; 3 officers and 53 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 113 enlisted men died of disease . [ Note : These losses include those after the regiment ' s designation was changed to the 8th Ohio Cavalry . ]