124th Ohio Infantry The 124th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 124th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 124th Ohio Infantry was organized in Cleveland , Ohio and mustered in for three years service on January 1 , 1863 under the command of Colonel Oliver Hazard Payne . The regiment was attached to District of Western Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to February 1863 . Franklin , Tennessee , Army of Kentucky , Department of the Cumberland , to June 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XXI Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , IV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to June 1865 . The 124th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Nashville , Tennessee on July 9 , 1865 . Detailed service . Left Ohio for Louisville , Ky . , January 1 ; then moved to Elizabethtown , Ky . , and duty there until February 10 , 1863 . Moved to Nashville , Tenn . , February 10 , 1863 ; then to Franklin February 21 , and duty there until June . Action at Thompson ' s Station , Spring Hill , March 4 – 5 . Thompson ' s Station June 2 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Camp at Manchester until August 16 . Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . At Poe ' s Tavern August 20 - September 9 . Passage of the Tennessee River September 10 . Lee and Gordon ' s Mills September 11 – 13 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 20 . Siege of Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 24 - November 23 . Reopening Tennessee River October 26 – 29 . Brown ' s Ferry October 27 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Orchard Knob November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . March to relief of Knoxville , Tenn . , November 28 - December 8 . Operations in eastern Tennessee until April 1864 . Operations about Dandridge January 16 – 17 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8 . Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton , Ga . , May 8 – 13 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 16 . 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 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 25 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3 – 26 . At Athens , Ga . , October 31 to November 23 . March to Columbia , Tenn . , November 23 – 24 . 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 , Ala . , and duty there until March 1865 . Operations in eastern Tennessee March 15 - April 22 . Duty at Strawberry Plains and Nashville until June . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 210 men during service ; 7 officers and 78 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 124 enlisted men died of disease .