51st Ohio Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
Organized at Camp Dover, Ohio, September 17 to October 26, 1861. Moved to Wellsville November 3, thence to Louisville, Ky., and duty there until December 10. Attached to 15th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December, 1861. 15th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to March, 1862. Unattached, Nashville, Tenn., to June, 1862. 10th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to July, 1862. 23rd Independent Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1862. 23rd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 23rd Brigade, 5th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to June, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to October, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Camp Wickliffe, Ky., until February, 1862. Expedition down the Ohio River to reinforce General Grant, thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-25. Occupation of Nashville February 25. Provost duty there until July 9. Moved to Tullahoma, Tenn., and joined Nelson's Division. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-22. 
* October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky 
* October 10-22 - Pursuit from Perryville to London, Kentucky
March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Dobbins' Ferry, near Lawrence, December 9. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. At McMinnville until August 16. 
* August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
** September 19-September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
* September 24-October 27, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
* Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. 
* November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
** Lookout Mountain November 23-24.
** Mission Ridge November 25.
** Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge November 27. 
* Duty at Whiteside until January, 1864.
* Reenlisted January 1, 1864.
* At Blue Springs, near Cleveland, until May. 
* May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
** Tunnel Hill May 6-7. 
** May 9-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia
** May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
** Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. 
** May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
** Near Kingston May 18-19. 
** Near Cassville May 19. 
** Advance on Dallas May 22-25. 
** May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
** Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. 
** Pine Hill June 11-14. 
** Lost Mountain June 15-17. 
** Assault on Kenesaw June 27. 
** Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. 
** Chattahoochie River July 5-17. 
** Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. 
** July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia 
** 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. 
Moved to Pulaski, Tenn. Nashville Campaign November-December. 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 East Tennessee March 15-April 22. Duty at Nashville, Tenn., until June. Ordered to New Orleans, La., June 16, thence to Texas. Duty at Indianola, Green Lake and Victoria, Texas, to October. Mustered out at Victoria October 3, 1865. Discharged at Columbus, Ohio, November 3, 1865.
== Regimental Roster ==
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
* Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 108 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 233 Enlisted men by disease. Total 346.
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 701, 703, 704, 707, 715, 733, 735, 860, 862, 866, 1520-1521)
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