The 73rd Regiment lost 4 officers and 167 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 149 enlisted men to disease, a total of 321. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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Organized at Chillicothe, Ohio under Colonel Orland Smith |
December 30, 1861 |
Mustered in |
January 1862 |
Duty at Camp Logan |
January 24-26 |
Moved to Grafton, W. Va., then to Fetterman |
February 3 |
To New Creek. Attached to Cheat Mountain, District Western Virginia |
February 6-7 |
Expedition to Romney, Va. |
February 12-16 |
To Moorefield |
February 18 |
Moved to Clarksburg |
March 20 |
Moved to Weston, Va. and attached to Schenck's Brigade, Dept., of the Mountains |
April 10 |
Moved to Join Milroy at Monterey. |
May 8 |
Battle of McDowell |
June 2 |
Woodstock |
June 3 |
Mt. Jackson |
June 4 |
New Market |
June 6 |
Harrisonburg. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Army of Virginia |
June 8 |
Battle of Cross Keys |
June |
At Middletown |
July 7 |
To Sperryville |
July 16-19 |
Expedition to Madison Court House |
August 16 - September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 22 |
Freeman's Ford |
August 29-30 |
Battle of Bull Run
Commanded by Colonel Orland Smith, the Regiment lost 25 killed, 87 wounded, and 36 missing, of 312 men engaged
From the marker:
"The enemy in our front, moving in concert with those on our flank, came out of the woods - their line masking and overlapping our own. The whole left of our brigade poured into them a murderous volley. The combat grew fierce indeed. But the contest was not long. On came the flanking column. We stood until the enemy had nearly gained our rear, and had opened fire upon our flank. Then we retired." -Samuel B. Hurst, Regimental Historian |
September |
Duty In the Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 25-28 |
Reconnaissance to Bristoe Station and Warrenton Junction |
October |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
October 25 |
Colonel Smith takes command of the brigade. |
December 12-16 |
March to Fredericksburg, Va. |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
February-April |
At Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Richard Long, Jr.
From the monument: "Engaged 338, Killed 21, Mortally wounded 19, Additional wounded 104, Missing 1, Total loss 145" |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va . |
August - September
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Camp at Bristoe |
September 24-October 3 |
Moved to Bridgeport, Ala. and attached to the Army of the Cumberland |
October |
Duty at Bridgeport and Stevenson, Ala. |
October 24-29 |
Reopening Tennessee River |
October 28-29 |
Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn.
The Regiment and its brigade carried a strong Confederate position by bayonet charge in an after-dark attack led by Colonel Smith, mentioned by General Grant as "one of the most daring feats of arms of the war." |
November 23-27 |
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign |
November 23 |
Orchard Knob |
November 24-25 |
Tunnel Hill |
November 25 |
Mission Ridge |
November 28-December 17 |
March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn. |
January 1, 1864 |
Regiment reenlisted. Veterans on furlough until March. |
April |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland |
May 1-
September 8 |
Atlanta Campaign |
May 8-11 |
Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge |
May 8-9 |
Buzzard's Roost Gap |
May 14-15 |
Battle of Resaca
The Regiment lost 10 killed, and 42 wounded |
May 19 |
Cassville |
May 25 |
New Hope Church
The Regiment lost 15 killed, and 59 wounded |
May 25-June 5 |
Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills |
June 10-July 2 |
Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain |
June 11-14 |
Pine Hill |
June 15-17 |
Lost Mountain |
June 15 |
Gilgal or Golgotha Church |
| June 17 |
Muddy Creek |
June 19 |
Noyes Creek |
June 22 |
Kolb's Farm |
June 27 |
Assault on Kenesaw |
July 4 |
Ruff's Station |
July 5-17 |
Chattahoochie River |
July 19-20 |
Peach Tree Creek |
July 22-August 25 |
Siege of Atlanta |
August 26-September 2 |
Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge |
September 2-November 15 |
Occupation of Atlanta |
November 15 |
March to the sea |
December 10-21 |
Siege of Savannah |
January to April, 1865 |
Campaign of the Carolinas |
February 2 |
Lawtonville, S.C. |
March 14 |
Reconnaissance on Goldsboro Road, N. C. |
March 16 |
Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro |
March 19-21 |
Battle of Bentonville
The Regiment lost 5 killed, and 25 wounded |
March 24 |
Occupation of Goldsboro |
April 10-14 |
Advance on Raleigh |
April 14 |
Occupation of Raleigh |
April 26 |
Bennett's House. Surrender of Johnston and his army. |
April 29-May 20 |
March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond |
May 24 |
Grand Review |
June |
Moved to Louisville, Ky. |
July 20, 1865 |
Mustered out |
