The Regiment lost 8 officers and 124 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 72 enlisted men to disease, a total of 205. The Regiment is honored by monuments at Antietam and Gettysburg.
June 22, 1861 |
Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio |
July 8 |
Moved to Grafton, Va |
July 9 |
At West Union, Preston County |
July 13-18 |
Pursuit of Garnett's forces |
July-September |
Guard duty on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Attached to Hill's 3rd Brigade, Army of Occupation, West Virginia |
September 2 |
Action at Worthington, Va. |
September 23 |
Hanging Rock, Romney |
September 23-25 |
Romney |
October 26 |
Mill Creek Mills, Romney |
January 6-7, 1862 |
Expedition to Blue's Gap, attached to Landers' Division, Army Potomac |
January 7 |
Blue's Gap |
January 10 |
Evacuation of Romney |
February 9 and 13 |
Bloomery Gap |
February |
Duty at Paw Paw Tunnel |
March 7-15 |
Advance on Winchester, Va., attached to 1st Brigade, Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah |
March 19 |
Strasburg |
March 22 |
Battle of Kernstown |
March 23 |
Winchester |
March 25 |
Cedar Creek |
April 1 |
Woodstock |
April 2 |
Edenburg |
April 16 |
Mt. Jackson |
May 12-21 |
March to Fredericksburg, Va., attached to Kimball's Independent Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
May 25-30 |
Return to Front Royal |
May 30 |
Front Royal |
June 3-7 |
Expedition to Luray |
June 8 |
Port Republic Bridge |
June 9 |
Port Republic |
June 29-30 |
Moved to Alexandria, thence to Harrison's Landing |
July 3-4 |
Haxall's, Herring Creek, Harrison's Landing, attached to Kimball's Independent Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-28 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville |
September 1 |
Cover Pope's retreat from Bull Run to Fairfax Court House |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign, attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam
Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Sawyer
From the monument: "September 17, 1862 forded Antietam Creek waist deep, formed line of battle South of the Roulette buildings, in orchard, took crest of hill at the point of the bayonet; held position four hours; supplies exhausted; ammunition and muskets from dead and wounded; charged "Bloody Lane" captured about 300 prisoners; number engaged 341; Losses in killed and wounded 162." |
September 22 |
Moved to Harper's Ferry |
October 1-2 |
Reconnaissance to Leesburg |
October 30-November 19 |
March to Falmouth |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
December |
At Falmouth, Va. |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Sawyer, who was wounded on July 3.
From the monument: "8th Ohio Infantry, Carrol's Brig. 3d Div. 2d Corps. July 2,3, 1863. Engaged 209. Killed 19. Wounded 83. Missing 1. Total 102."
"The 8th Ohio Infantry under Lieut. Col. Franklin Sawyer, took this position at 4 p.m. July 2, after a brief skirmish and held it July 2 and 3 during Longstreet's assault. July 3, the regiment advanced and by left wheel attacked the enemy in flank, capturing three flags and numerous prisoners." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
August 15-September 16 |
On detached duty at New York during draft disturbances |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 14 |
Auburn and Bristoe |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 27 |
Robertson's Tavern, or Locust Grove |
November 28-30 |
Mine Run |
February 5-7, 1864 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
February 6-7 |
Morton's Ford |
March |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps
|
May 3-June 15 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 10 |
Pa River |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
"Bloody Angle" |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 8-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16-25 |
Siege of Petersburg |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad |
June 24 |
Left trenches. |
June 25 |
Veterans and Recruits formed into two Companies and transferred to 4th Ohio Infantry Battalion |
July 13, 1865 |
Regiment mustered out at Cleveland |
