Ohio 3rd Volunteer Infantry (Union)
20/06/1861
Organized - Ohio 3rd Volunteer Infantry - Ohio
11/07/1861
Battle - Rich Mountain - Randolph County, Virginia
Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan assumed command of Union forces in western Virginia in June 1861. After their defeat by McClellan at Philippi, Confederate troops under the command of Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett had fortified two key mountain passes. The one furthest south, Camp Garnett, consisted of earth and log entrenchments overlooking the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike at Rich Mountain, just west of Beverly. On June 27th, McClellan moved his brigades of Ohio and Indiana soldiers from Clarksburg south aga…READ MORE
12/09/1861
Battle - Cheat Mountain - Pochahontas County, West Virginia; Randolph County, West Virginia
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain William S. Williams
CaptainWilliam S. Williams
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Benjamin M. Prentiss
Brigadier GeneralBenjamin M. Prentiss
06/04/1862
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Emil Munch
CaptainEmil Munch
08/10/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel John Beatty
ColonelJohn Beatty
08/10/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William Haines Lytle
ColonelWilliam Haines Lytle
08/10/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Curran Pope
ColonelCurran Pope
08/10/1862
Leadership Change - Division - undefined 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Col Buckner Board
08/10/1862
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE
31/12/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Orris A. Lawson
Lieutenant ColonelOrris A. Lawson
31/12/1862
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
30/04/1863
Battle - Sand Mountain, Alabama
12/05/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain William S. Williams
CaptainWilliam S. Williams
21/06/1864
Mustered Out - Ohio 3rd Volunteer Infantry - Ohio
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