30th Ohio Infantry
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The 30th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 30th OVI) was an infantry
regiment
in the Union Army
during the American Civil War
.
in Columbus, Ohio
on August 28, 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel
John Groesbeck.
The regiment was attached to Scammon's Brigade, District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, to October 1861. 3rd Brigade, District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, to March 1862. 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division West Virginia, Department of the Mountains, to September 1862. 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac
, to October 1862. 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division, District of West Virginia, Department of the Ohio
, to January 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee
, to October 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XV Corps, to August 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XV Corps, to July 1865. Department of Arkansas, to August 1865.
The 30th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Little Rock, Arkansas
on August 13, 1865.
May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 2, thence to Little Rock, Ark., June 25, and duty there until August.
Infantry
Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...
regiment
Regiment
A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...
in the Union Army
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
.
Service
The 30th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp ChaseCamp Chase
Camp Chase was a military staging, training and prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, during the American Civil War. All that remains of the camp today is a Confederate cemetery containing 2,260 graves. The cemetery is located in what is now the Hilltop neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.- History :Camp Chase...
in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
on August 28, 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel
Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
John Groesbeck.
The regiment was attached to Scammon's Brigade, District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, to October 1861. 3rd Brigade, District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, to March 1862. 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division West Virginia, Department of the Mountains, to September 1862. 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac
Army of the Potomac
The Army of the Potomac was the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.-History:The Army of the Potomac was created in 1861, but was then only the size of a corps . Its nucleus was called the Army of Northeastern Virginia, under Brig. Gen...
, to October 1862. 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division, District of West Virginia, Department of the Ohio
Department of the Ohio
The Department of the Ohio was an administrative military district created by the United States War Department early in the American Civil War to administer the troops in the Northern states near the Ohio River.General Orders No...
, to January 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee
Army of the Tennessee
The Army of the Tennessee was a Union army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, named for the Tennessee River. It should not be confused with the similarly named Army of Tennessee, a Confederate army named after the State of Tennessee....
, to October 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XV Corps, to August 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XV Corps, to July 1865. Department of Arkansas, to August 1865.
The 30th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...
on August 13, 1865.
Detailed service
Moved to Clarksburg, Va., August 30-September 2, thence moved to Weston and to Suttonville September 3–6. Action at Carnifex Ferry, Va., September 10, 1861. Advance to Sewell Mountain September 24, then to Falls of the Gauley. Operations in the Kanawha Valley and New River Region October 19-November 16. Moved to Fayetteville November 14, and duty there until April 17, 1862. (Companies D, F, G, and I served detached at Sutton September 6-December 23, 1861, then rejoined the regiment at Fayetteville.) Advance on Princeton April 22-May 5. About Princeton May 15–18. Moved to Flat Top Mountain May 19, and duty there until August. Moved to Washington, D.C., August 16–22. Pope's Campaign in northern Virginia. Right Wing at Gen. Pope's Headquarters until September 3. Left Wing in Robertson's Brigade until August 31. Battles of Bull Run August 28–30. Maryland Campaign September 6–22. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16–17. March to Clear Springs October 8, then to Hancock October 9. March to the Kanawha Valley October 12-November 13. Camp at Cannelton November 13-December 1. Expedition toward Logan Court House December 1–10. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., December, then to Helena, Ark., and to Young's Point, La., January 21, 1863. Duty there until March. Expedition to Rolling Fork via Muddy, Steele's and Black Bayous and Deer Creek March 14–27. Demonstrations against Haines and Drumgould's Bluffs April 27-May 1. Movement to join army in rear of Vicksburg, Miss., via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2–14. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July-4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5–10. Siege of Jackson July 10–17. Camp at Big Black until September 26. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence marched to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 26-November 20. Sequatchie Valley October 5. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20–29. Bear Creek, Tuscumbia, October 27. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27. Tunnel Hill November 24–25. Missionary Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville November 27-December 8. Moved to Bridgeport, Ala., December 19, thence to Bellefonte Station December 26, and to Larkin's Ferry January 26, 1864. Moved to Cleveland, Tenn., Veterans absent on furlough April and May. Rejoined regiment at Kingston, Ga. Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8, 1864. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8–13. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14–15. Advance 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. Ruff's Mills July 3–4. Chattahoochie River July 5–17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25–30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy's Station September 2–6. Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Clinton November 21–23. Siege of Savannah December 10–21. Fort McAllister December 13. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865. Duck Branch, near Loper's Cross Roads, S.C., February 2. 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. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review of the ArmiesGrand Review of the Armies
The Grand Review of the Armies was a military procession and celebration in Washington, D.C., on May 23 and May 24, 1865, following the close of the American Civil War...
May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 2, thence to Little Rock, Ark., June 25, and duty there until August.
Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 277 men during service; 9 officers and 119 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 149 enlisted men died of disease.Commanders
- Colonel John Groesbeck
- Colonel Hugh Boyle EwingHugh Boyle EwingHugh Boyle Ewing, , was a diplomat, author, attorney, and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He was a member of the prestigious Ewing family, son of Thomas Ewing, the eldest brother of Thomas Ewing, Jr. and Charles Ewing, and the foster brother and brother-in-law of William T. Sherman...
- assumed brigade command during the Battle of Antietam - Colonel Theodore Jones - commanded at the battles of Second Bull Run and Antietam as lieutenant colonelLieutenant Colonel (United States)In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...
(at the latter, he was wounded and captured); commanded during the Siege of Vicksburg - Lieutenant Colonel George W. Hildt - commanded at the Battle of Antietam as majorMajor (United States)In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...
; commanded during the Siege of Vicksburg
Notable members
- Corporal William J. Archinal, Company I - Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863 assault - Private Uriah Brown, Company G - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863 assault
- Corporal William Campbell, Company I - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863 assault
- Private Sampson Harris, Company K - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863 assault
- Private William H. LongshoreWilliam H. LongshoreWilliam H. Longshore was a Private in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War.-Medal of Honor citation:...
, Company D - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863 assault - Private James M. McClelland, Company B - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863 assault
- Private Wilson McGonagle, Company B - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863 assault
- Corporal Platt Pearsall, Company C - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863 assault
- 1st Sergeant Andrew Schmauch, Company A - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863 assault
See also
- List of Ohio Civil War units
- Ohio in the Civil WarOhio in the Civil WarDuring the American Civil War, the State of Ohio played a key role in providing troops, military officers, and supplies to the Union army. Due to its central location in the Northern United States and burgeoning population, Ohio was both politically and logistically important to the war effort...