100th Ohio Infantry Regiment

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ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY:

• The 100th Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized in Toledo, Ohio over the period Jul - Sep 1862.
• Ordered to Cincinnati, Ohio, 8 Sep 1862, thence to Covington KY
• Duty at Covington Ky. until 8 Oct 1862
• Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio to Oct 1862
• 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky to Jan 1863
• District of Central Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio to Jun 1863
• 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio to Aug 1863
• 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio to Feb 1865
• 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina to Jun 1865

SERVICE:

• Ordered to Lexington, Ky., 8 Oct 1862, thence to Richmond, Ky., 1 Dec, and to Danville, Ky., 26 Dec 1862
  
• Ordered to Frankfort, Ky, 3 Jan 1863
  
• Duty at various points in Central Ky until Aug 1863
  
• Expedition to Monticello and operations in SE Ky 26 Apr - 12 May 1863.
  
• Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee 16 Aug - 17 Oct 1863
  
  • Telford Station and Limestone: 8 Sep
    (240 men captured at Telford Station while guarding railroad.)
    
• Knoxville Campaign: 4 Nov - 23 Dec 1863
  
  • Siege of Knoxville: 17 Nov - 5 Dec
    
  • Pursuit to Blain's Cross Roads
    
• Duty at Blain's Cross Roads til Apr 1864
  
• Atlanta Ga. Campaign: 1 May - 8 Sep 1864
  
  • Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge: 8 May - 11 May
    
  • Battle of Resaca: 14 - 15 May
    
  • Cartersville: 20 May
    
  • Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine and battles about Dallas, New Hope
    
• Church and Allatoona Hills: 25 May - 5 Jun
  
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain: 10 Jun - 2 Jul
    
  • Lost Mountain: 15 - 17 Jun
    
  • Muddy Creek: 17 Jun
    
  • Noyes Creek: 19 Jun
    
  • Cheyney's Farm: 22 Jun
    
  • Near Marietta: 23 Jun
    
  • Assault on Kenesaw: 27 Jun
    
  • Nickajack Creek: 2 - 5 Jul
    
  • Chattahoochie River: 5 - 17 Jul
    
  • Peach Tree Creek: 19 - 20 Jul
    
  • Siege of Atlanta: 22 Jul - 25 Aug
    
  • Utoy Creek: 5 - 7 Aug
    
  • Flank movement on Jonesboro: 25 -30 Aug
    
  • Battle of Jonesboro: 31 Aug - 1 Sep
    
  • Lovejoy Station: 2 - 6 Sep
    
• Duty at Decatur till Oct 4 1864
  
• Pursuit of Hood into Northern Alabama: 4 - 26 Oct 1864
  
• Nashville Campaign: Nov - Dec 1864
  
  • Columbia, Duck River: 24 - 27 Nov
    
  • Battle of Franklin: 30 Nov
    
  • Battle of Nashville: 15 - 16 Dec
    
• Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River 17 - 28 Dec 1864
  
• At Clifton, Tenn. til 16 Jan 1865
  
• Movement to Washington D.C., thence to Federal Point, N.C. 16 Jan - 9 Feb 1865
  
• Fort Anderson: 18 - 19 Feb 1865
  
• Town Creek: 19 - 20 Feb 1865
  
• Capture of Wilmington: 22 Feb 1865
  
• Campaign of the Carolinas: Mar - Apr 1865
  
  • Advance on Goldsboro, NC: 6 - 21 Mar
    
  • Occupation of Goldsboro, NC: 21 Mar
    
  • Advance on Raleigh: 10 - 14 Apr
    
  • Near Raleigh: 13 Apr
    
  • Bennett's House: 26 Apr 1865
    
  • Surrender of Johnston and his army
    
• Duty at Greensboro, NC until Jun 1865
  
• Mustered out Jun 20 1865

100th Ohio Infantry Regimental Summary:

The Regiment, during it's existence, lost during service:

3 Officers and 90 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
6 Officers and 268 Enlisted men by disease
Total = 367

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