United States Regiments & Batteries > Ohio
The 34th Ohio Infantry Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 10 officers and 120 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 130 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| Organized at Camp Lucas, Ohio | |
| September 1 | Moved to Camp Dennison, Ohio |
| September 15 | To West Virginia. Attached to Cox’s Kanawha Brigade, West Virginia |
| September 20 | Arrived at Camp Enyart, Kanawha River |
| September 25 | Action at Chapmansville, W. Va. |
| October | Duty at Camp Red House October, and at Barboursville November. Guard and scout duty and operating against guerrillas in Cabell, Putnam, Mason, Wayne and Logan Counties assigned to District of the Kanawha, West Virginia |
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1862
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| March | Moved to Gauley Bridge. Assigned to 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, West Virginia, Dept. of the Mountains |
| April | At Fayetteville |
| May 10-18 | Cox’s demonstrations on the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad |
| May 15-17 | Princeton |
| May 18 | Retreat to Flat Top Mountain, and duty there |
| August | At Fayetteville |
| September 6-16 | Campaign in the Kanawha Valley. Attached to Point Pleasant, District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio |
| September 10 | Loring’s attack on Fayetteville |
| September 11 | Cotton Mountain |
| September 12-13 | Charleston |
| September | At Point Pleasant |
| October 15 | At Fayetteville |
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1863
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| March | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department |
| May | The regiment was mounted. |
| June | Assigned to 2nd Brigade, Scammon’s Division, Department of West Virginia |
| July 8 | Assigned to 3rd Brigade, Scammon’s Division, Department of West Virginia. Colonel John T. Tolland took command of the brigade as senior colonel while Lieutenant Colonel Freeman E. Franklin commanded the regiment. |
| July 13-25 | Expedition to Virginia & Tennessee Railroad. |
| July 18-19 |
WythevilleThe small brigade consisting of the 34th Ohio and the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment attacked the West Virginia town of Wytheville, important for its lead mines and its location of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. The attack was very costly, with the mounted Union force taking fire from the houses as it advanced into town. Colonel John T. Tolland was killed, and Colonel William H. Powell of the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry was badly wounded and captured. Lieutenant Colonel Freeman E. Franklin took command of the brigade, which successfully eluded Confederate pursuit and made its way back to Union lines. Although a number of houses in the town were burned, little military damage was done. The regiment lost 4 men killed, 11 wounded, 17 taken prisoner, and 10 missing in the raid. |
| September 11-13 | Scouts from Camp Platt |
| September 12 | Elk River |
| October 21-26 | Scouts from Charleston to Boone Court House |
| November 3-13 | Expedition from Charleston to Lewisburg |
| November 6 | Little Sewell Mountain |
| November 7 | Muddy Creek and capture of Lewisburg |
| November 8 | Second Creek, near Union |
| December 8-25 | Scammon’s demonstration from the Kanawha Valley. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia |
| December 23 | Regiment reenlisted |
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1864
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| January 19 | Regiment mustered as a Veteran organization |
| April | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia |
| May 2-19 | Crook’s Expedition against Virginia & Tennessee Railroad (Detachment) |
| May 5-19 | Averill’s Raid on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad |
| May 4 | Callahan Station |
| May 8 | Jeffersonville |
| May 9 | Abb’s Valley, Wytheville |
| May 9 | Cloyd’s Mountain |
| May 10 | New River Bridge |
| May 10 | Grassy Lick, Cove Mountain, near Wytheville |
| May 26-July 1 | Hunter’s Raid to Lynchburg |
| June | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia |
| June 6 | Buffalo Gap |
| June 11 | Lexington |
| June 14 | Buchanan |
| June 16 | New London |
| June 17 | Diamond Hill |
| June 17-18 | Lynchburg |
| June 19 | Liberty |
| June 20 | Buford’s Gap |
| June 21 | Catawba Mountains and near Salem |
| July 12-15 | Moved to the Shenandoah Valley and assigned to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia |
| July 20 | Stephenson’s Depot |
| July 24 | Battle of Winchester |
| July 25 | Martinsburg |
| August 6-November 28 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
| August 24 | Bolivar Heights |
| August 26 | Halltown |
| September 3 | Berryville |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester (Battle of Opequan) |
| September 22 |
Fisher’s Hill |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October 20 | Duty near Kernstown |
| December 22 | Moved to Webster, thence to Beverly, and garrison duty there |
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1865
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| January | Assigned to 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia |
| January 11 | Rosser’s attack on Beverly. Many of regiment captured. |
| February 22 | Regiment consolidated with 36th Ohio Infantry |