Ohio 3rd Volunteer Infantry (Union)
1861-06-20
Organized - Ohio 3rd Volunteer Infantry - Ohio
1861-07-11
Battle - Rich Mountain - Randolph County, Virginia
Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan assumed command of Union forces in western Virginia in June 1861. After their defeat by McClellan at Philippi, Confederate troops under the command of Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett had fortified two key mountain passes. The one furthest south, Camp Garnett, consisted of earth and log entrenchments overlooking the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike at Rich Mountain, just west of Beverly. On June 27th, McClellan moved his brigades of Ohio and Indiana soldiers from Clarksburg south aga…READ MORE
1861-09-12
Battle - Cheat Mountain - Pochahontas County, West Virginia; Randolph County, West Virginia
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain William S. Williams
CaptainWilliam S. Williams
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Benjamin M. Prentiss
Brigadier GeneralBenjamin M. Prentiss
1862-04-06
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
1862-10-03
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Emil Munch
CaptainEmil Munch
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel John Beatty
ColonelJohn Beatty
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William Haines Lytle
ColonelWilliam Haines Lytle
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Curran Pope
ColonelCurran Pope
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Division - undefined 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Col Buckner Board
1862-10-08
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Orris A. Lawson
Lieutenant ColonelOrris A. Lawson
1862-12-31
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
1863-04-30
Battle - Sand Mountain, Alabama
1863-05-12
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain William S. Williams
CaptainWilliam S. Williams
1864-06-21
Mustered Out - Ohio 3rd Volunteer Infantry - Ohio
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