121st Ohio Infantry Regiment

121st Ohio Infantry Regiment September 11, 1862, to June 8, 1865 United States Union Infantry Defense of Cincinnati Battle of Perryville Tullahoma Campaign Battle of Chickamauga Siege of Chattanooga Battle of Lookout Mountain Battle of Missionary Ridge Atlanta campaign Battle of Resaca Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Peachtree Creek Siege of Atlanta Battle of Jonesboro Sherman's March to the Sea Carolinas campaign Battle of BentonvilleOhio U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 120th Ohio Infantry Regiment 122nd Ohio Infantry Regiment The 121st Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 121st Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 121st OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Dyer 1908 1547 Federal Publishing Company 1908 425NPS 121st Regiment, Ohio Infantry 2007 Service The 121st Ohio Infantry was organized at Delaware, Ohio, and mustered in for three years service on September 11, 1862,Ohio Roster Commission 1887 vol.VIII 273 under the command of Colonel William P. Reid.Reid 1868 vol.II 620 The regiment was recruited in Delaware, Knox, Logan, Union, Marion, and Morrow counties.Dyer 1908 1547 Federal Publishing Company 1908 425 The regiment was attached to 34th Brigade, 10th Division, Army of the Ohio, September 1862. 34th Brigade, 10th Division, I Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. District of West Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to February 1863. Reed's Brigade, Baird's Division, Army of Kentucky, Department of the Cumberland, to June 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June 1865.Dyer 1908 1547 Federal Publishing Company 1908 425 The 121st Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Washington, D.C.Reid 1868 vol.II 623 on June 8, 1865.Dyer 1908 1547 Federal Publishing Company 1908 425NPS 121st Regiment, Ohio Infantry 2007 Detailed service Ordered to Cincinnati, September 11; thence to Covington, Ky., September 15, and to Louisville, Ky., September 20. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1–15, 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. Moved to Lebanon, Ky., and duty there until November, and at Columbia until December. Operations against Morgan December 22, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Ordered to Louisville, thence moved to Nashville, Tenn., February 9; thence to Franklin, Tenn., February 12, and duty there until June. Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Duty at Fayetteville August 25-September 5. Chickamauga Campaign. Battle of Chickamauga September 19–21. Siege of Chattanooga, September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27. Orchard Knob November 23. Tunnel Hill November 24–25. Missionary Ridge November 25. Chickamauga Station November 26. March to relief of Knoxville, November 28-December 17. Duty at Rossville, Ga., until May 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Tunnel Hill May 6–7. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8–11. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8–9. 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. 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. Utoy Creek August 5–7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25–30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Operations against Forrest and Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the Sea November 15-December 10. Sandersville November 26. Siege of Savannah December 10–21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865. Taylor's Hole Creek, Aversyboro, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19–21. 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 19. Grand Review of the Armies May 24.Dyer 1908 1547 Casualties The regiment lost a total of 349 men during service; 9 officers and 92 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 246 enlisted men died of disease.Dyer 1908 1547 Federal Publishing Company 1908 425NPS 121st Regiment, Ohio Infantry 2007 Commanders Colonel William P. ReidReid 1868 vol.II 620Ohio Roster Commission 1887 vol.VIII 275 Colonel Henry Blackstone Banning - commanded at the battle of Chickamauga as lieutenant colonel; promoted from lieutenant colonel November 10, 1863Reid 1868 vol.II 621 See also American Civil War Ohio List of Ohio Civil War units Ohio in the Civil War References Citations 40em Sources 60em Dyer Frederick Henry Frederick H. Dyer A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Dyer Pub. Co. Des Moines, IA 1908 8697590 09005239 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015026937642?urlappend=%3Bseq=1559%3Bownerid=13510798899657173-1593 en PDF 1547 2027/mdp.39015026937642?urlappend=%3Bseq=1559 October 24, 2024 Federal Publishing Company Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New York, Maryland, West Virginia, And Ohio Federal Publishing Company The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. II 1908 Madison, WI https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x001496379?urlappend=%3Bseq=431%3Bownerid=27021597769157313-437 July 11, 2024 1086145633 PDF 425 2027/uva.x001496379?urlappend=%3Bseq=431 Ohio Roster Commission 110th-140rd Regiments-Infantry The Ohio Valley Pub. & Mfg. Co. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865 VIII 1887 Cincinnati, OH 273–306 2027/mdp.39015008507827?urlappend=%3Bseq=289%3Bownerid=9007199255440530-291 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015008507827?urlappend=%3Bseq=289%3Bownerid=9007199255440530-291 181357575 Reid Whitelaw Whitelaw Reid The History of Her Regiments, and Other Military Organizations Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers II 1868 Cincinnati, OH 618–623 https://archive.org/details/00444862.3383.emory.edu/page/618/mode/1up 11632330 https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UOH0121RI Battle Unit Details, 121st Regiment, Ohio Infantry nps.gov January 19, 2007 U.S. National Park Service May 13, 2024 NPS 121st Regiment, Ohio Infantry 2007 External links Ohio in the Civil War: 121st Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Larry Stevens Regimental flag of the 121st Ohio Infantry Another regimental flag of the 121st Ohio Infantry History of the 121st Ohio Infantry (Archived 2009-10-19) Company H, 121st Ohio Infantry living history organization; includes history, biographies, brief history and photographs Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Ohio Category:1862 establishments in Ohio