United States Regiments & Batteries > Ohio
The 163rd Ohio Infantry Regiment lost 29 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1864
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Regiment organized at Camp Chase, Ohio. It was one of the “Hundred Days Men regiments” intended for short term rear echelon duties in the summer of 1864. | |
May 12 | Mustered in under Colonel Hiram Miller |
May 13 | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
May | Assigned to 1st Brigade, Haskins’ Division, 22nd Army Corps for duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., with Headquarters at Fort Reno. |
June 8-12 | Moved to Bermuda Hundred, Va. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James. |
June 14-15 | Reconnaissance on the Petersburg & Richmond Railroad |
June 15-16 | Skirmish on Petersburg and Richmond Turnpike |
June 16 | Moved to Wilson’s Landing. Fatigue duty building Fort Pocahontas and scouting on west side of the James River. |
August 29 | Ordered to Columbus, Ohio |
September 10 | Mustered out |