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Three Months Service
and
Three Years Service

The primary source for this information is Dyer's Compendium.

• Origin of Companies for three months' service.
  • Companies A, B and K from Toledo
    Company A formerly the Toledo Guards Militia Company
    Company K nicknamed The Toledo Roughs
  • Company C from Bryan
  • Company D from Defiance
  • Company E from Stryker
  • Company F from Napoleon
  • Company G from Antwerp
  • Company H from Wauseon
    Company was formerly the Fulton County Guards Militia Company
  • Company I from Waterville
    Company formerly the Brady Guards Militia Company
  
  
• Mustered into Service April 23, 1861
  • Moved to Camp Taylor, Cleveland on April 25, 1861
  
  
• Original Officers
  • Colonel -- James B. Steedman
  • Lieut-Col -- George P. Este
  • Major -- Paul Edwards
  • Captains:
    • Company A -- Seth B. Moe
    • Company B -- Louis Von Blessingh
    • Company C -- Benjamin H. Fisher
    • Company D -- Sidney S. Sprague
    • Company E -- Edwin D. Bradley
    • Company F -- Andrew Crawford
    • Company G -- John S. Snook
    • Company H -- Epaphras L. Barber
    • Company I -- Caleb Dodd
    • Company K -- George W. Kirk
  
  
• McClellan's Army of Occupation
  Major General George B. McClellan
  May 27 until July 22, 1861
  • Kelly's Command
    Colonel Benjamin F. Kelly, 1st West Virginia
    • 1st West Virginia
    • 14th Ohio
    • 16th Ohio
    • 20th Ohio
    • 6th Indiana
    • 7th Indiana
    • 9th Indiana
    • Barnett's Ohio Battery
  
  
• Western Virginia Campaign
  • Philippi (also called the "Philippi Races")
    June 3, 1861
  • Laurel Hill
    July 7, 1861
  • Bellington
    July 8, 1861
  • Corrick's Ford
    July 13-14, 1861
  
  
• Return to Toledo
  July 23, 1861
  • Mustered out on July 25, 1861

• Organized at Toledo fromthe 10th Congressional District
  (Lucas, Williams, Fulton, Henry and Defiance Counties)
  • Mustered into service on August 23, 1861
  • Moved to Camp Dennsion, Cincinnati on August 23, 1861
  • Moved to Frankfort, Kentucky on August 25, 1861
  • Moved to Nicholasville, Kentucky on August 28, 1861
  • On duty at Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky and Lebanon, Kentucky
    until January 1, 1862
  
  
• Thomas's Command
  Brigadier General George H. Thomas
  Camp Dick Robinson, Nicholasville, Kentucky
  August 28 until November 15, 1861
  • 3rd Kentucky
  • 4th Kentucky
  • 7th Kentucky
  • 8th Kentucky
  • 9th Kentucky
  • 1st Tennessee
  • 2nd Tennessee
  • 14th Ohio
  • Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
  • Battery B, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
  • Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
  • Battery B, 1st Kentucky Light Artillery
  • 1st Kentucky Cavalry
  
  
• Army of the Ohio
  Major General Don Carlos Buell
  November 15 until December 2, 1861
  • 2nd Brigade
    Colonel Mahlon D. Manson, 10th Indiana
    • 10th Indiana
    • 4th Kentucky
    • 10th Kentucky
    • 14th Ohio
  • Engagement at Camp Wild Cat, Kentucky
  
  
• Army of the Ohio
  Major General Don Carlos Buell
  December 2, 1861 until September 29, 1862
  • 1st Division
    Brigadier General George H. Thomas
  • 2nd Brigade
  • Colonel Mahlon D. Manson, 10th Indiana until March 22, 1862
    Brigadier General Speed Smith Fry
    • 10th Indiana
    • 74th Indiana
    • 4th Kentucky
    • 10th Kentucky
    • 14th Ohio
    
    
  • Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky
    January 19-20, 1862
    • Company C engaged at Fishing Creek, Kentucky
      January 19-20, 1862
    
    
  • On duty at Mill Springs, Kentucky until February 11, 1862
  • Moved to Louisville, Kentucky
    February 11-25, 1862
  • Moved to Nashville, Tennessee
    February 28-March 2, 1862
  • March to Savannah, Tennessee
    March 20-April 7, 1862
  • Engagement at Bear Creek, Alabama
    April 12-13, 1862
  • Advance on and Siege of Corinth, Mississippi
    April 29-May 30, 1862
    
    
  • Buell's Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee Campaign
    June 12-August 21, 1862
    • On duty at Iuka, Mississippi and Tuscumbia, Alabama
      until August 21, 1862
    • Engagement at Decatur, Alabama
      August 7, 1862
    • Pursuit of Bragg to Louisville, Kentucky
      August 21-September 26, 1862
  
  
• Army of the Ohio
  Major General Don Carlos Buell
  September 29 until November 5, 1862
  • III Corps (organized September 29, 1862)
    Major General Charles C. Gilbert
    III Corps discontinued October 24, 1862 and merged into XIV Corps
  • Department and Army of the Cumberland as the Center Wing XIV Corps
  • 1st Division
    Brigadier General Albin Schoepf
  • 2nd Brigade
    Brigadier General Speed Smith Fry until October 18, 1862
    Colonel John M. Harlan, 10th Kentucky
    • 10th Indiana
    • 74th Indiana
    • 4th Kentucky
    • 10th Kentucky
    • 14th Ohio
    
    
  • Perryville Campaign
    October 1-22, 1862
    • Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky
      October 1-7, 1862
    • Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
      October 8, 1862
    • March to Gallatin, Tennessee
      October 12-22, 1862
    • On duty at Gallatin, Tennessee until January 13, 1863
  
  
• Department and Army of the Cumberland
  Major General William Stark Rosecrans
  November 5, 1862 until January 9, 1863
  Recreated October 24, 1862 to consist of Tennessee east of the Tennessee River, and such parts of Alabama and Georgia as may be taken possession of by United States forces.
  • Center Wing XIV Corps
    Major General George H. Thomas
    Organized October 24, 1862 from the Department of the Ohio
  • 3rd Division
    Brigadier General Speed Smith Fry
    organized from 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, November 5, 1862
  • 2nd Brigade
    Colonel John M. Harlan, 10th Kentucky
    • 10th Indiana
    • 74th Indiana
    • 4th Kentucky
    • 10th Kentucky
    • 14th Ohio
    
    
  • Operations against John H. Morgan
    December 22, 1862-January 2, 1863
    • Engagement at Boston, Tennessee
      December 29, 1862
    • Engagement at Rolling Fork, Tennessee
      December 29-30, 1862
  
  
• Army of the Cumberland
  Major General William S. Rosecrans
  January 9 until October 9, 1863
  • XIV Army Corps
    Major General George H. Thomas
    Reorganized January 9, 1863, General Order 9, from Center Wing XIV Corps, Department and Army of the Cumberland
  • 3rd Division
    Brigadier General James Blair Steedman until April 17, 1863
    Brigadier General John Mc. Schofield until May 10, 1863
    Brigadier General John M. Brannan
  • 2nd Brigade
    Colonel John M. Harlan, 10th Kentucky, until March 6, 1863
    Colonel C. W. Chapman, 74th Indiana, until April 27, 1863
    Brigadier General James B. Steedman until August 15, 1863
    Colonel John T. Croxton, 4th Kentucky, until September 30, 1863
    Colonel C. W. Chapman, 74th Indiana
    • 10th Indiana
    • 74th Indiana
    • 4th Kentucky
    • 10th Kentucky
    • 14th Ohio
    
    
  • Move on Murfreesboro, Tennessee
    January 13, 1863
    • On duty at Murfreesboro, Tennessee until June 23, 1863
    
    
  • Expedition toward Columbia, Tennessee
    March 4-14, 1863
    
    
  • Tullahoma Campaign
    June 21-July 4, 1863
    • Battle of Hoover's Gap, Tennessee
      June 24-25, 1863
    • Engagement at Tullahoma, Tennessee
      June 26, 1863
    
    
  • Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16, 1863
  • Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River
    August 16-September 9, 1863
    
    
  • Chickamauga Campaign
    September 9-21, 1863
    • Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
      September 19-20, 1863
    
    
  • Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
    September 21-October 23, 1863
  
  
• Army of the Cumberland
  Major General Willialm S. Rosecrans until October 20, 1863
  Major General George H. Thomas
  • XIV Army Corps
    Major General George H. Thomas until October 28, 1863
    Major General John Mc. Palmer until August 7, 1864
    Brigadier General Richard W. Johnson until August 33, 1864
    Brevet Major General Jefferson C. Davis
  • 3rd Division
    Brigadier General John M. Brannan until October 10, 1863
    Brigadier General Absalom Baird until October 25, 1863
    Colonel George P. Ease, 14th Ohio, until November 25, 1863
    Brigadier General Absalom Baird
  • 3rd Brigade
    Colonel Edward H. Phelps, 38th Ohio, killed November 25, 1863
    Colonel William H. Hays, 10th Kentucky, until April 1, 1864
    Colonel George P. Este, 14th Ohio, until October 25, 1864
    Lieut. Colonel H. K. Milward, 18th Kentucky, until November 16, 1864
    Colonel George P. Este, 14th Ohio, until Marcy 29, 1865
    Brevet Brigadier General George S. Greene
    • 10th Indiana
    • 74th Indiana
    • 4th Kentucky
    • 10th Kentucky
    • 18th Kentucky
    • 14th Ohio
    • 38th Ohio
    
    
  • Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
    October 23-November 27, 1863
    • Battle of Orchard Knob, Tennessee
      November 24, 1863
    • Battle of Mission Ridge, Tennessee
      November 25, 1863

• Regiment Re-enlisted
  December 17, 1863
  • Veterans returned home on 30-day furlough on/around January 2, 1864
  • Regiment departed for the front on February 15, 1864
  
  
  • Atlanta Campaign
    May 4-September 6, 1864
    • Demonstrations on Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia
      May 5-13, 1864
    • Battle of Resaca, Georgia
      May 13-15, 1864
    • Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills, Georgia
      May 25-June 5, 1864
    • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain
      June 10-July 2, 1864
    • Engagement at Pine Hill, Georgia
      June 11-14, 1864
    • Engagement on Lost Mountain, Georgia
      June 15-17, 1864
    • Engagement at Pine Knob, Georgia
      June 19, 1864
    • Assault on Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia
      June 27, 1864
    • Engagement at Ruff's Station, Georgia
      July 3, 1864
    • Battle of Peach Tree Creek, Georgia
      July 20, 1864
    • Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
      July 22-August 25, 1864
    • Battle of Utoy Creek, Georgia
      August 5-7, 1864
    • Flank Movement to Jonesboro, Georgia
      August 25-30, 1864
    • Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia
      August 31-September 1, 1864
    • Pursuit of Hood into Northern Alabama
      October-November, 1864
    
    
  • "March to the Sea"
    November 15-December 10, 1864
    
    
  • Siege of Savannah, Georgia
    December 10-21, 1864
    
    
  • Campaign in the Carolinas
    January-April, 1865
    • Engagement at Fayetteville, North Carolina
      March 11, 1865
    • Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina
      March 19-20, 1865
    • Occupation of Goldsboro, North Carolina
      March 24, 1865
    • Advance on Raleigh, North Carolina
      April 10-14, 1865
    • Occupation of Raleigh, North Carolina
      April 14, 1865
    
    
    
  • Surrender of Johnston's Army
    Bennett's House, Durham, North Carolina
    April 26, 1865
    
    
  • March to Washington, DC via Richmond, Virginia
    April 29-May 19, 1865
    • Grand Review of the Armies
      May 24, 1865
    • Moved to Louisville, Kentucky
      June 15, 1865
    
    
    
  • Mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky
    July 11, 1865

The Fourteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry lost during service 5 officers and 141 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded; and 1 officer and 185 enlisted men by disease for a total of 332.

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