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15th Ohio Infantry Regiment
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15th Ohio Infantry Regiment April 27, 1861 – August 31, 1861 (3 months)
September 1861 – December 27, 1865 (3 years) United States 1863 Union Union Army Infantry Skirmish at Bowman's Place
Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Corinth
Battle of Stones River
Tullahoma Campaign
Battle of Chickamauga
Siege of Chattanooga
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Atlanta campaign
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Siege of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro
Second Battle of Franklin
Battle of Nashville
Battle of BentonvilleOhio U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865
13th Ohio Infantry Regiment
16th Ohio Infantry Regiment
The 15th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
Three-months regiment
The 15th Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized in Columbus, Ohio, on April 27, 1861, in response to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers and mustered into service on May 4, 1861.Ohio Roster Commission 1893 vol.I 315-332 The regiment moved to Zanesville, Ohio on May 8 and then to western Virginia. It performed duty on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and operations in the vicinity of Philippi, Laurel Hill and Corrick's Ford from June 3 to July 16. They were involved in action at Bowman's Place on June 29. Then they were ordered back to Columbus and mustered out on August 27–31, 1861.Reid 1868 114
Three-years regiment
The 15th Ohio Infantry was reorganized at Mansfield, Ohio, in September 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Moses R. Dickey.Ohio Roster Commission 1886 vol.II 453-506Reid 1868 109-110
The regiment was attached to McCook's Command, October to November 1861. 6th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December 1861. 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, I Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, IV Corps, to August 1865. Department of Texas to November 1865.
The 15th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at San Antonio, Texas, on November 21, 1865, and returned to Columbus where its members were discharged on December 27, 1865.
Detailed service
1861
Moved to Camp Dennison, Ohio, September 26, thence to Lexington, Ky., October 4.
Duty at Camp Nevin, Ky., October 14-December 9, 1861.
Occupation of Munfordville, Ky., December 10, 1861.
Duty at Bacon Creek, Ky., until February 14, 1862.
1862
Advance to Bowling Green, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 2.
March to Savannah, Tenn., March 16-April 6.
Battle of Shiloh April 6–7.Center for Archival Collections 2008Ohio Roster Commission 1886 vol.II 453
Advance on and siege of Corinth,Ohio Roster Commission 1886 vol.II 453 Miss., April 29-May 30.
March to Battle Creek, Ala., June 10-July 18, and duty there until August 20.
March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, August 20-September 26.
Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1–15.
March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there until December 26.
Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26–30.
Battle of Stones River(Murfreesboro)Ohio Roster Commission 1886 vol.II 453 December 30–31, 1862 and January 1–3, 1863.Center for Archival Collections 2008
1863
Duty at Murfreesboro until June.
Reconnaissance from Murfreesboro March 6–7.
Tullahoma Campaign June 22-July 7.
Liberty GapReid 1868 112Center for Archival Collections 2008 June 22–27.
Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16.
Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River, and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22.
Battle of ChickamaugaReid 1868 112Center for Archival Collections 2008 September 19–20.
Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23.
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27.
Orchard Knob November 23–24.
Battle of Missionary RidgeReid 1868 112Center for Archival Collections 2008 November 25.
Pursuit to Graysville November 26–27.
March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 8.
Operations in eastern Tennessee until February 1864.
1864
At Cleveland, Tenn., until April.
Atlanta campaign May 1-September 8.
Demonstrations on Rocky Face RidgeOhio Roster Commission 1886 vol.II 453 and Dalton May 8–13.
Battle of Resaca May 14–15.
Adairsville May 17.
Near Kingston May 18–19.
Battle of CassvilleOhio Roster Commission 1886 vol.II 453 May 19–22.
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 MillsOhio Roster Commission 1886 vol.II 453 May 27.
Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw MountainOhio Roster Commission 1886 vol.II 453 June 10-July 2.
Pine Hill June 11–14.
Lost Mountain June 15–17.
Assault on Kennesaw MountainOhio Roster Commission 1886 vol.II 453 June 27.
Ruff's Station July 4.
Chattahoochie River July 5–17.
Peachtree Creek July 19–20.
Siege of AtlantaOhio Roster Commission 1886 vol.II 453 July 22-August 25.
Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25–30.
Battle of JonesboroOhio Roster Commission 1886 vol.II 453 August 31-September 1.
Lovejoy's StationOhio Roster Commission 1886 vol.II 453 September 2–6.
Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29-November 3.
Nashville Campaign November–December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24–27.
Battle of FranklinOhio Roster Commission 1886 vol.II 453 November 30.
Battle of NashvilleOhio Roster Commission 1886 vol.II 453 December 15–16.
Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17–28.
1865
Camp at Bird Springs, Ala., until March 1865.
Operations in eastern Tennessee March 15-April 22.
At Nashville, Tenn., until June.
Moved to New Orleans, La., June 16, thence to Texas.
Duty at Green Lake until August 10, and at San Antonio until November.
Mustered out November 21, 1865.
Reach Columbus, Ohio, December 25, and discharged from service December 27, 1865.
Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 315 men during service; 7 officers and 172 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 135 enlisted men died of disease.Dyer 1908 1503
Commanders
Colonel Moses R. Dickey
Colonel William Wallace - commanded at the battle of Shiloh as major
Colonel Frank Askew - commanded at the battle of Chickamauga as lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant Colonel John McClenahan
Captain A. R. Z. Dawson - commanded at the battle of Stones River while Col Wallace was in command of the brigade
Notable members
Private Robert B. Brown, Company A - Medal of Honor recipient for action at the battle of Missionary Ridge
Corporal William E. Richey, Company A - Medal of Honor recipient for action at the battle of Chickamauga
See also
Horn Brigade
List of Ohio Civil War units
Ohio in the Civil War
References
Citations
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Sources
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02594929.3185.emory.edu Cope, Alexis. The Fifteenth Ohio Volunteers and Its Campaigns: War of 1861-5 (Columbus, OH: A. Cope), 1916.
Dyer Frederick H A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Dyer Pub. Co. Des Moines, IA 1908 B01BUFJ76Q https://archive.org/details/08697590.3359.emory.edu
McConnell, William. Diary of William McConnell, Private, Company I, 15th O.V.V.I., 1st Brigade, 3rd Div., 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland: From September 16, 1861, to August 2, 1865 (Tiro, OH: C. McConnell), 1899.
Ohio Roster Commission 1861 Three-Month Organizations — 1st–22nd Regiments, Etc. The Werner Company Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865 I 1893 Akron, OH 810 2027/mdp.39015004198746 633556
Ohio Roster Commission 1st–20th Regiments-Infantry Wilstach Baldwin & Co Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865 II 1886 Cincinnati, OH 840 2027/mdp.39015004198787 633556
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 1002 https://archive.org/details/00444862.3383.emory.edu/page/n9/mode/2up 11632330
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/cwar/015ovi.html Infantry Units: 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry www.bgsu.edu Center for Archival Collections 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20070610101341/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/cwar/015ovi.html 2008-03-20 2007-06-10 Center for Archival Collections 2008
External links
Ohio in the Civil War: 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Larry Stevens
National flag of the 15th Ohio Infantry (probably used early in the war)
National flag of the 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
National flag of the 15th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry
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