The 108th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 108th OVI) was an infantry

Infantry

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 regiment

Regiment

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 in the Union Army

Union Army

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 during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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Service

The 108th Ohio Infantry was organized as a battalion of eight companies at Camp Dennison

Camp Dennison

Camp Dennison was a military recruiting, training, and medical post for the United States Army during the American Civil War. It was located near Cincinnati, Ohio, not far from the Ohio River. The camp was named for Cincinnati native William Dennison, Ohio's governor at the start of the war.With...

 near Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

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 in August 1862 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Lieutenant Colonel

Lieutenant Colonel (United States)

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 George T. Limberg. After being captured at the battle of Hartsville and exchanged in February 1863, the regiment was reorganized at Camp Dennison; Companies I and K were mustered in on March 1, 1864 at Cincinnati and mustered out July 22, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

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The regiment was attached to 39th Brigade, 12th Division, Army of the Ohio

Army of the Ohio

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, September to November 1862. District of Western Kentucky, Department of the Ohio

Department of the Ohio

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, to December 1862. Prisoners of war to March 1863. District of Central Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to June 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Department of the Cumberland, to October 1863. Unassigned, Department of the Cumberland, to December 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland

Army of the Cumberland

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, to July 1865.

The 108th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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 on June 9, 1865.

Detailed service

Ordered to Covington, Ky., August 21; then moved to Louisville, Ky. March to Frankfort, Ky., October 3–9, 1862; then to Bowling Green, Ky., October 24-November 4. Moved to Glasgow November 10, and to Tompkinsville November 22. To Hartsville, Tenn., November 28. Battle of Hartsville (Morgan's attack) December 7. Regiment surrendered by Colonel Moore. Paroled December 8 and exchanged January 12, 1863. Regiment reorganized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, until March 1863. Ordered to Lexington, Ky., March 24; then to Frankfort, Ky., and duty there until May. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., May 1–4, and duty guarding railroad to Chattanooga, Tenn., until September. Moved to Stevenson, Ala., September 6; then march to Battle Creek and Anderson's Cross Roads, repairing road to Waldron's Ridge; then march to Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27. Orchard Knob November 23. Tunnel Hill November 24–25. Missionary Ridge November 25. Chickamauga Station November 26. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. Return to Chattanooga and duty at Rossville, Ga., until February 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22–27. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23–25. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Tunnel Hill May 6–7. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8–11. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8–9. Battle of Resaca May 14–15. Rome May 17–18. Advance on Dallas May 18–25. Operation 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. Assigned to train guard duty on Railroad until November. Dalton August 14–16. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Sandersville November 26. Siege of Savannah December 10–21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865. Taylor's Hole Creek Averysboro, N.C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19–21. 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., April 29-May 19. Grand Review of the Armies

Grand 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.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 67 men during service; 3 officers and 22 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 42 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

• Colonel
  Colonel (United States)
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   Joseph Good
• Lieutenant Colonel George T. Limberg - commanded the regiment before reorganization
• Lieutenant Colonel Carlo Piepho - commanded during the Chattanooga Campaign

See also

• List of Ohio Civil War units
• Ohio in the Civil War
  Ohio in the Civil War
  During 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...
  
  

External links

• Ohio in the Civil War: 108th Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Larry Stevens
• Regimental flag of the 108th Ohio Infantry