54th Ohio Infantry Regiment

Service

Detailed service

1862

• Left Ohio for Paducah, Ky., February 17, 1862.
• Moved from Paducah to Savannah, Tenn., March 6–12, 1862.
• Expedition to Yellow Creek, Miss., and occupation of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 14–17.
• Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6–7.
• Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30.
• Russell's House, near Corinth, May 17.
• March to Memphis, Tenn., via LaGrange, Grand Junction and Holly Springs, June 1-July 21.
• Duty at Memphis until November.
• Expedition from Memphis to Coldwater and Hermando, Miss., September 8–13.
• Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, "Tallahatchie March," November 26-December 13.
• Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863.
• Chickasaw Bayou December 26–28, 1862.
• Chickasaw Bluff December 29.

  1863

• Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3–10, 1863.
• Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10–11.
• Moved to Young's Point, La., January 17–21, and duty there until March.
• Expedition up Rolling Fork via Muddy, Steele's and Black Bayous and Deer Creek, March 14–27.
• Demonstrations on Haines and Drumgould's Bluffs April 29-May 2. Moved to join army in rear of Vicksburg, Miss., May 2–14, via Richmond and Grand Gulf.
• Battle of Champion Hill May 16.
• Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4.
• Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22.
• Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4–10.
• Siege of Jackson, Miss., July 10–17.
• Camp at Big Black until September 26.
• Moved to Memphis, Tenn., then march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 26-November 21.
• Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20–29.
• Bear Creek, Tuscumbia, October 27.
• Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27.
• Tunnel Hill November 23–24.
• Missionary Ridge November 25.
• Pursuit to Graysville November 26–27.
• March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8.
• March to Chattanooga, Tenn., then to Bridgeport, Ala., Bellefonte, Ala., and Larkinsville, Ala., December 13–31.

  1864

• Duty at Larkinsville, Ala., to May 1, 1864.
• Expedition toward Rome, Ga., January 25-February 5.
• Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8.
• Demonstration on Resaca May 8–13.
• Near Resaca May 13.
• Battle of Resaca May 14–15.
• Movements on Dallas May 18–25.
• Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5.
• Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
• Assault on Kennesaw June 27.
• Nickajack Creek July 2–5.
• Chattahoochie River July 6–17.
• Battle of Atlanta July 22.
• Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.
• Ezra Chapel, Hood's 2nd sortie, July 28.
• Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25–30.
• Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
• Lovejoy's Station September 2–6.
• Operations in northern Georgia and northern Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3.
• March to the sea November 15-December 10.
• Siege of Savannah December 10–21.
• Fort McAllister December 13.

  1865

• Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865.
• Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C., February 2–5.
• Cannon's Bridge, South Edisto River, February 9.
• North Edisto River, February 11–13.
• Columbia February 16–17.
• Battle of Bentonville, N.C., March 20–21.
• Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
• Advance on Raleigh April 10–14.
• Bennett's House April 26.
• Surrender of Johnston and his army.
• March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19.
• Grand Review of the Armies May 24.
• Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 2, thence to Little Rock, Ark., and duty there until August.

  Casualties

Commanders

• Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith - promoted
• Colonel Cyrus W. Fisher
• Lieutenant Colonel James A. Farden - commanded at the Battle of Shiloh after Col Smith succeeded to brigade command
• Major Robert Williams Jr. - commanded at the Battle of Missionary Ridge

  Notable members

• Private Henry G. Buhrman, Company E - Medal of Honor — Participating in a diversionary "forlorn hope" attack on Confederate defenses, May 22, 1863.
• Sergeant James Jardine, Company F - Medal of Honor — Participating in the same "forlorn hope."
• Private David Jones, Company C - Medal of Honor — Participating in the same "forlorn hope."
• Private Edward McGinn, Company K - Medal of Honor — Participating in the same "forlorn hope."
• Private Jacob Swegheimer, Company I - Medal of Honor — Participating in the same "forlorn hope."
• Private Edward Welsh, Company D - Medal of Honor — Participating in the same "forlorn hope."