The Civil War in the East

163rd Ohio Infantry Regiment

The 163rd Ohio Infantry Regiment lost 29 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

1864

 

Regiment organized at Camp Chase, Ohio

May 12

Mustered in under Colonel Hiram Miller

May 13

Moved to Washington, D.C.

May

Assigned to 1st Brigade, Haskins' Division, 22nd Army Corps for duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., with Headquarters at Fort Reno.

June 8-12

Moved to Bermuda Hundred, Va. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James.

June 14-15

Reconnaissance on the Petersburg & Richmond Railroad

June 15-16

Skirmish on Petersburg and Richmond Turnpike

June 16

Moved to Wilson's Landing. Fatigue duty building Fort Pocahontas and scouting on west side of the James River.

August 29

Ordered to Columbus, Ohio

September 10

Mustered out