30th Ohio Infantry The 30th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 30th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 30th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus , Ohio on August 28 , 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel John Groesbeck . The regiment was attached to Scammon ' s Brigade , District of the Kanawha , West Virginia , to October 1861 . 3rd Brigade , District of the Kanawha , West Virginia , to March 1862 . 1st Brigade , Kanawha Division West Virginia , Department of the Mountains , to September 1862 . 1st Brigade , Kanawha Division , IX Corps , Army of the Potomac , to October 1862 . 1st Brigade , Kanawha Division , District of West Virginia , Department of the Ohio , to January 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , XV Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XV Corps , to August 1864 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XV Corps , to July 1865 . Department of Arkansas , to August 1865 . The 30th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Little Rock , Arkansas on August 13 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Clarksburg , Va . , August 30 - September 2 , thence moved to Weston and to Suttonville September 3 – 6 . Action at Carnifex Ferry , Va . , September 10 , 1861 . Advance to Sewell Mountain September 24 , then to Falls of the Gauley . Operations in the Kanawha Valley and New River Region October 19 - November 16 . Moved to Fayetteville November 14 , and duty there until April 17 , 1862 . ( Companies D , F , G , and I served detached at Sutton September 6 - December 23 , 1861 , then rejoined the regiment at Fayetteville . ) Advance on Princeton April 22 - May 5 . About Princeton May 15 – 18 . Moved to Flat Top Mountain May 19 , and duty there until August . Moved to Washington , D . C . , August 16 – 22 . Pope ' s Campaign in northern Virginia . Right Wing at Gen . Pope ' s Headquarters until September 3 . Left Wing in Robertson ' s Brigade until August 31 . Battles of Bull Run August 28 – 30 . Maryland Campaign September 6 – 22 . Battles of South Mountain September 14 ; Antietam September 16 – 17 . March to Clear Springs October 8 , then to Hancock October 9 . March to the Kanawha Valley October 12 - November 13 . Camp at Cannelton November 13 - December 1 . Expedition toward Logan Court House December 1 – 10 . Ordered to Louisville , Ky . , December , then to Helena , Ark . , and to Young ' s Point , La . , January 21 , 1863 . Duty there until March . Expedition to Rolling Fork via Muddy , Steele ' s and Black Bayous and Deer Creek March 14 – 27 . Demonstrations against Haines and Drumgould ' s Bluffs April 27 - May 1 . Movement to join army in rear of Vicksburg , Miss . , via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2 – 14 . Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July - 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 5 – 10 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . Camp at Big Black until September 26 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , thence marched to Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 26 - November 20 . Sequatchie Valley October 5 . Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20 – 29 . Bear Creek , Tuscumbia , October 27 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Tunnel Hill November 24 – 25 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . March to relief of Knoxville November 27 - December 8 . Moved to Bridgeport , Ala . , December 19 , thence to Bellefonte Station December 26 , and to Larkin ' s Ferry January 26 , 1864 . Moved to Cleveland , Tenn . , Veterans absent on furlough April and May . Rejoined regiment at Kingston , Ga . Atlanta Campaign May 1 - September 8 , 1864 . 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 2 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Ruff ' s Mills July 3 – 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Battle of Atlanta July 22 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Ezra Chapel , Hood ' s second 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 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Fort McAllister December 13 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Duck Branch , near Loper ' s Cross Roads , S . C . , February 2 . South Edisto River February 9 . North Edisto River February 11 – 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 20 . Grand Review of the Armies May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June 2 , thence to Little Rock , Ark . , June 25 , and duty there until August . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 277 men during service ; 9 officers and 119 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 149 enlisted men died of disease .