54th Ohio Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, October, 1861. Left State for Paducah, Ky., February 17, 1862. Attached to District of Paducah, Ky., to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to May, 1862. 1st Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to August, 1865.
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* March 3, 1862 - Action at Columbus, KentuckyNot originally referenced on unit homepage
* March 3, 1862 - Occupation of Columbus, KentuckyNot originally referenced on unit homepage
* Moved from Paducah, Ky., to Savannah, Tenn., March 6-12, 1862. 
* March 14-17, 1862 - Expedition from Savannah to Yellow Creek, Mississippi and Occupation of Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee
* April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Russell's House, near Corinth, May 17. March to Memphis, Tenn., via LaGrange, Grand Junction and Holly Springs, June 1-July 21. Duty at Memphis until November. Expedition from Memphis to Coldwater and Hermando, Miss., September 8-13. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, "Tallahatchie March," November 26-December 13. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28, 1862. Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10, 1863. Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, La., January 17-21, and duty there until March. Expedition up Rolling Fork via Muddy, Steele's and Black Bayous and Deer Creek, March 14-27. Demonstrations on Haines and Drumgould's Bluffs April 29-May 2. Moved to join army in rear of Vicksburg, Miss., May 2-14, via Richmond and Grand Gulf. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. 
* 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 4-10. 
* Siege of Jackson, Miss., July 10-17. 
* Camp at Big Black until September 26. 
* September 26-November 20, 1863 - Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Chattanooga, Tennessee
* 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 23-24.
** Mission Ridge November 25.
** Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27.
* March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. 
* March to Chattanooga, Tenn., thence to Bridgeport, Ala., Bellefonte, Ala., and Larkinsville, Ala., December 13-31. 
* Duty at Larkinsville, Ala., to May 1, 1864.
* Expedition toward Rome, Ga., January 25-February 5. 
* 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
** Movements 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. 
** Chattahoochie River July 6-17. 
** July 22, 1864 - Battle of Atlanta, Georgia
** July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
** Ezra Chapel, Hood's 2nd sortie, July 28. 
** Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. 
** Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. 
** Lovejoy Station September 2-6. 
* Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3. 
* November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
** December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
*** Fort McAllister December 13. 
* January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
** Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C., February 2-5. 
** Cannon's Bridge, 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. 
** Bennett's House April 26. 
*** Surrender of Johnston and his army. 
* March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. 
* Grand Review May 24. 
* Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 2, thence to Little Rock, Ark., and duty there until August. 
* Mustered out August 15, 1865.
== Regimental Roster ==
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
* Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 83 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 143 Enlisted men by disease. Total 233.
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 703, 705, 707, 715, 721, 723, 731, 779, 783, 834, 846, 866, 1522)
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