The 55th Regiment lost 7 officers and 136 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 119 enlisted men to disease, a total of 262. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
September - December, 1861 |
Organized at Norwalk, Ohio by Colonel John C. Lee. |
January 25, 1862 |
Mustered in and ordered to Grafton, Va. Attached to Schenck's Brigade, Railroad District, West Virginia |
February 3 |
Moved from Grafton to New Creek, Va. |
February 6 |
Expedition to Romney |
February 12-16 |
Expedition to Moorefield |
February 12 |
Action at Moorefield |
February 19 |
Returned to Grafton |
February-March |
While in camp at Grafton the Regiment suffered from disease, particularly measles, which killed 20 men and at one point left 400 unfit for duty. |
March 31 |
Moved by rail to Green Spring River attached to Railroad District, Dept. of the Mountains |
April 10 |
Marched to Romney and attached to Schenck's Brigade, Dept. of the Mountains |
April |
Moved to Moorfield, then seven companies ordered to Join Milroy at Monterey, with Companies D, E and G left behind at Moorfield. |
May 8 |
In reserve at Battle of McDowell |
May |
Fell back to Franklin, suffering severly from lack of food. |
May 26-29 |
March to to Strasburg in the the Shenandoah Valley via Petersburg, Moorefield, and Wardensville |
May 26 |
Near Franklin |
June 6 |
Harrisonburg. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia |
June 8 |
Present but not engaged at Battle of Cross Keys |
June |
At Middletown |
July 7 |
At Sperryville |
July 17-19 |
Reconnaissance from Middletown by way of Front Royal and Luray, through the gap in the Blue Ridge to Madison Court House |
August 8 |
Moved to Culpepper C.H. |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain (Reserve) |
August 10 |
To Slaughter Mountain |
August 14 |
Marched to Robertson's River near the Rapidan, where the regimental band was mustered out. |
August 16-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 22 |
Catlett's Station |
August 25 |
Moved to Warrenton, and then north in pursuit of Jackson. |
August 28-30 |
Battle of Bull Run
On the 29th the Regiment was not engaged, but was under severe artillery fire, losing 14 killed, 60 wounded, and 21 missing. On the following day it engaged flanking Confederate troops until dark, when it was withdrawn to Centerville. |
Septembe 1 |
Marched to Arlington Hill and attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac for duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
September 22 |
Returned to Centerville |
September 25-28 |
Reconnaissance to Bristoe Station and Warrenton Junction |
Early October |
Reconnaissance to Catlett's Station and skirmish there before returning to Centerville. |
November |
Marched to Manassas Junction, then through Hopewell Gap to Hopewell, returning after a short stay to Chantilly via Groveton and Centerville. |
December 10-16 |
Marched to Fredericksburg via Stafford C.H. |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March." The Regiment started to march to Belle Plain Landing, but the movement was abandoned due to terrible weather, and it went into winter quarters at Brook's Station. |
February-April |
At Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign
The Regiment marched via Hartwood Church to Kelley's Ford, crossed the Rappahannock at Germania Ford, and continued to Chancellorsville via the Plank Road. |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville
On the 2nd the Regiment was flanked in Jackson's attack and lost lost 9 killed, 87 wounded, and 57 missing out of 491 men engaged. It reformed and remained in line from the 3rd until the 5th, when the army retreated and the Regiment returned to camp at Brook's Station. |
May |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Colonel Charles B. Gambee. It brought 375 men to the field, losing 6 killed, 31 wounded and 12 missing.
From the monument: "Arrived at 2:20 p.m., July 1, in this position throughout the battle with severe loss. Its skirmishers drove back those of the enemy and seized a barn between the lines, where twelve of its men were surrounded and captured by the enemy's main line." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
July 25 |
At Catlett's Station, Va. |
September 24-October 3 |
Movement to Bridgeport, Ala. and attached to Army of the Cumberland |
October 26-29 |
Reopening Tennessee River |
October 28-29 |
Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn. |
November |
The Regiment received reinforcements of about 200 drafted men; non-Veterans were mustered at at around the same time |
November 23-27 |
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign |
November 23 |
Orchard Knob |
November 24-25 |
Tunnel Hill |
November 25 |
Mission Ridge |
November 28-December 17 |
March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn. |
December-May |
Duty in Lookout Valley |
April, 1864 |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland |
May 1 - September 8 |
Atlanta Campaign |
May 8-11 |
Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge |
May 8-9 |
Buzzard's Roost Gap |
May 14-15 |
Battle of Resaca
The Regiment lost 18 killed, including Colonel Gambee and Major Rodolphus Robbins , 72 wounded, and one missing |
May 19 |
Cassville |
May 22-25 |
Advance on Dallas |
May 25 |
Action at New Hope Church |
May 26-June 5 |
Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills |
June 10-July 2 |
Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain |
June 11-14 |
Pine Hill |
June 15-17 |
Lost Mountain |
June 15 |
Gilgal or Golgotha Church |
June 17 |
Muddy Creek |
June 19 |
Noyes Creek |
June 20 |
Cassville |
June 22 |
Kolb's Farm |
June 27 |
Assault on Kenesaw |
July 4 |
Ruffs Station |
July 5-17 |
Chattahoochie River |
July 19-20 |
Peach Tree Creek |
July 22-August 25 |
Siege of Atlanta |
August 26-September 2 |
Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge |
August 27 |
Farmer's Ferry |
September 2 - November 15 |
Occupation of Atlanta |
November 15-December 10 |
March to the sea |
December 10-21 |
Siege of Savannah |
January to April, 1865 |
Campaign of the Carolinas |
February 2 |
Lawtonville, S.C. |
February 12-13 |
North Edisto River |
March 14 |
Reconnaissance on Goldsboro Road, near Fayetteville, N. C. |
March 16 |
Taylor's Hole Creek, Aversyboro |
March 19-21 |
Battle of Bentonville |
March 24 |
Occupation of Goldsboro |
April 10-14 |
Advance on Raleigh |
April 14 |
Occupation of Raleigh |
April 26 |
Bennett's House. Surrender of Johnston and his army. |
April 29-May 19 |
March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va. |
May 24 |
Grand Review |
June 10 |
Moved to Louisville, Ky. |
July 11, 1865 |
Mustered out |
July 19 |
Transported by train to Cleveland, paid and discharged |
