United States Regiments & Batteries > Ohio


The 163rd Ohio Infantry Regiment lost 29 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1864
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