30th Ohio Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
Organized at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, August 28, 1861. Moved to Clarksburg, W. Va., August 30-September 2, thence moved to Weston and to Suttonville September 3-6. Attached to Scammon's Brigade, District of the Kanawha, W. Va., to October, 1861. 3rd Brigade, District of the Kanawha, W. Va., to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division West Virginia, Dept. of the Mountains, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division, District of West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Action at Carnifex Ferry, W. Va., September 10, 1861. Advance to Sewell Mountain September 24, thence 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. (Cos. "D," "F," "G" and "I" served detached at Sutton September 6-December 23, 1861, then rejoined 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. 
* September 3-20, 1862 - The Maryland Campaign
** September 14, 1862 - Battle of South Mountain, Maryland
** September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
March to Clear Springs October 8, thence 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, thence 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. 
* May 18-July 4, 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
** May 19, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
** May 22, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
* Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. 
* Siege of Jackson July 10-17. 
* Camp at Big Black until September 26. 
* September 26-November 20, 1863 - Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Chattanooga, Tennessee
* Sequatchie Valley October 5. 
* Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Bear Creek, Tuscumbia, October 27. 
* November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
** Tunnel Hill November 24-25. 
** Mission 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. 
* May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
** May 8-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Resaca, Georgia
*** May 13, 1864 - Combat at Resaca, Georgia
** May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
** Advance on Dallas May 18-25. 
** May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
** Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. 
** Assault on Kenesaw June 27. 
** Nickajack Creek July 2-5. 
** Ruff's Mills July 3-4. 
** Chattahoochie River July 5-17. 
** July 22, 1864 - Battle of Atlanta, Georgia
** July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
** Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. 
** Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. 
** Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. 
** Lovejoy Station September 2-6. 
* Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. 
* November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
** Near Clinton November 21-23. 
** December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
*** Fort McAllister December 13. 
* January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
** 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 May 24. 
* Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 2, thence to Little Rock, Ark., June 25, and duty there until August. 
* Mustered out August 13, 1865.
== Regimental Roster ==
* William Henry Harrison Canter
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
Source 	Casualties	Remarks
Dyer 	
* 9 Officers and 119 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded 
* 149 enlisted men killed by disease
* Total 277	None
Fox 	
* Fox lists this unit as:
** 134th on the list of units with losses based on duration of the entire term of service of the unit (9th of the Ohio troops)	
WotRWiki Statistics	
* troops killed
** Includes troops mortally wounded
** Includes troops killed by disease
** All others are troops killed in action or under special circumstances	
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 703, 705, 707, 715, 721, 723, 760, 761, 779, 783, 834, 866, 1510-1511)
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