36th Ohio Infantry Regiment

July 30-
August 31, 1861

Organized at Marietta, Ohio under Lieutenant Colonel Melvin Clarke. Colonel George Crook of the Regular Army was assigned as colonel at Clarke's request.

September 10

Left State for West Virginia. Moved to Summerville, and duty there.

October

District of the Kanawha, West Virginia

December 15-21

Expedition to Meadow Bluff

March, 1862

Attached to 3rd Brigade, Kanawha Division, West Virginia

April 17-21, 1862

Cos. E, G, I and K - Expedition from Summerville to Addison

May 12-23

Expedition to Lewisburg, W. Va. Attached to Cox's Kanawha Brigade, West Virginia.

May 20

Jackson River Depot

May 23

Action at Lewisburg

May 29

Moved to Meadow Bluff

June 22-25

Expedition to Salt Sulphur Springs

July - August

Operations in Kanawha Valley

August 14-22

Movement to Washington, D.C.

August 23-September 3

Joined Gen. Pope, and on duty at his Headquarters during battle of Bull Run

September 6-22

Maryland Campaign. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

September 12

Frederick City. Md.

September 14

Battle of South Mountain

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam

The Regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Melvin Clarke when Colonel Crook took command of the brigade. Lt. Colonel Clarke was killed a the Regiment advenced on Sharpsburg after crossing Antietam Creek.

From the monument : "This Regiment advanced near the Bridge over Antietam Creek on the morning of September 17, 1862, supporting Sturgis' Division. It participated in the charge by which the Bridge was captured. Lieut. Col. Melvin Clarke was killed near this spot."

October 6-November 16

March to Hagerstown, thence to Hancock, Md., Clarksburg and the Kanawha Valley attached to 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, District of West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio

November-December

Duty at Charleston, W. Va.

January 25, 1863

Ordered to Nashville, Tenn.

February 22

To Carthage and duty there attached to Crook's Brigade, Baird's Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Cumberland

June 23-July 7

Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign attached to 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland

June 24-26

Hoover's Gap

July-August

Occupation of Middle Tennessee

August 16-September 22

Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and the Tennessee River, and Chickamauga Campaign

September 15-18

Catlett's Gap

September 19-21

Battle of Chickamauga, Ga.

The Regiment lost 0 casualties, including Colonel William G. Jones, who was killed.

September 24-November 23

Siege of Chattanooga. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps

October 26-29

Reopening Tennessee River

October 27

Brown's Ferry

November 23-27

Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign

November 23-24

Orchard Knob

November 25

Mission Ridge

January, 1864

Regiment reenlisted. Veterans on furlough March and April.

April

Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia

May 2-19

Ordered to Charleston, W. Va. Crook's Raid to Dublin Depot, Virginia & Tennessee Railroad

May 9

Battle of Cloyd's Mountain

May 10

New River Bridge

May 26-July 1

Hunter's Raid on Lynchburg

June 11-12

Lexington

June 17

Diamond Hill

June 17-18

Lynchburg

June 20

Buford's Gap

June 21

Salem

July 12-15

Moved to the Shenandoah Valley

July 19

Cablestown

July 23-24

Battle of Winchester

July 25

Martinsburg

August 6

Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign

August 15

Cedar Creek, Strasburg

August 24

Summit Point

August 26

Halltown

September 3

Berryville

September 19

Battle of Opequan, Winchester

September 22

Fisher's Hill

October 19

Battle or Cedar Creek

November 18

Kablestown

November-December

Duty at Kernstown

January, 1865

Ordered to Cumberland, Md., and duty there attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia

April

Moved to Winchester, and duty there

June

At Wheeling, W. Va

Mustered out

July 27, 1865