144th Ohio Infantry Regiment

The regiment lost 10 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 53 enlisted men by disease, a total of 63. In addition, many men of the regiment capturd at Monocacy and Berryville died in Confederate prisons.

 

Timeline of the 144th Ohio Infantry Regiment

 

Organized at Camp Chase, Ohio

May 11, 1864

834 men mustered in and left State for Baltimore, Md. under Colonel Samuel H. Hunt and Lieutenant Colonel Frederick R. Miller.

 

Balance of Regiment assigned to duty at Fort McHenry. Companies G and K assigned to the Defenses of Baltimore; Company B at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md.; Company E at Wilmington, Del.; Company I at Fort Dix, Relay House. Attached to 1st Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department.

July 9

Regiment relieved from duty at Baltimore and moved to Relay House; Companies B, G and I in Battle of Monocacy Junction, losing 50 casualties.

July 13

Moved to Washington, D.C.

July 14-20

Advance to Winchester and Snicker's Gap attached to Kenley's Independent Brigade, 8th Army Corps.

July 20 - August 13

Operations in Shenandoah Valley

August 13

Repulse of attack by Moseby at Berryville, losing 5 killed, 6 wounded and 60 captured.

August 14-20

Guard duty near Berryville

August 20

Ordered home

August 31, 1864

Mustered out at Camp Chase around 700 men