The 61st Regiment lost 7 officers and 68 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 90 enlisted men to disease, a total of 165. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
April 23, 1862 |
Organized at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio under Colonel Newton Schleich |
May 27 |
Ordered to West Virginia |
June 23 |
Joined Fremont's army at Strasburg, Va. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army of Virginia |
July - August |
March to Sperryville and duty there |
August 16-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 22 |
Freeman's Ford
After the battle Colonel Schleich was removed from command and threatened with court martial for desertion in the face of the enemy. Thirteen other officers and the regimental sergeant-major were also removed. Lieutenant Colonel Stephen J. McGroarty took over as colonel. |
August 23-24 |
Sulphur Springs |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
October |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps |
November |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps |
December 10-15 |
March to Fredericksburg, Va. |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
February-April |
Duty at Stafford Court House |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Colonel Stephen J. McGroarty.
From the monument:
"Gettysburg July 1,2, 3 1863. Present for duty 309. Killed 6, wounded 36, missing 12, total loss 54."
"The 61st Ohio Infantry, on arriving from Emmitsburg about one o'clock p.m. July 1, 1863, was deployed as a skirmish line in advance of its brigade, and moved towards Oak Hill. Later it supported a section of Dilger's Battery, and engaged the enemy on this ground. After an obstinate contest it withdrew with the 11th Corps to Cemetery Hill. On the evening of July 2nd it moved to the assistance of the 12th Corps on Culp's Hill, and returning lay on Cemetery Hill during the remainder of the battle" |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
July 26 to September 26 |
Duty along Orange & Alexandria Railroad |
September 26-October 3 |
Movement to Bridgeport, Ala. attached to the Army of the Cumberland |
October 26-29 |
Reopening Tennessee River |
October 28-29 |
Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn. |
November 23-27 |
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign |
November 23 |
Orchard Knob |
November 24-25 |
Mission Lodge |
November 28-December 8 |
March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn. |
January, 1864 |
Moved to Bridgeport, Ala., and duty there |
March - April |
Veterans on furlough |
April |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland |
May 1-
September 8 |
Atlanta Campaign |
May 8-11 |
Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge |
May 14-15 |
Battle of Resaca |
May 19 |
Cassville |
May 25 |
New Hope Church |
May 25-June 5 |
Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills |
June 8 |
Lost Mountain |
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 22 |
Kolb's Farm |
June 27 |
Assault on Kenesaw |
July 4 |
Ruff's Station |
June 5-17 |
Chattahoochie River |
July 19-20 |
Peach Tree Creek |
July 22-August 25 |
Siege of Atlanta |
May 26-
September 2 |
Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge |
September 2-November 15 |
Occupation of Atlanta |
October 26-29 |
Expedition from Atlanta to Tuckum's Cross Roads |
November 15-December 10 |
March to the sea |
December 9 |
Montieth Swamp |
December 10-21 |
Siege of Savannah |
January - March, 1865 |
Campaign of the Carolinas |
March 16 |
Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, N. C. |
March 19-21 |
Battle of Bentonville |
March 24 |
Occupation of Goldsboro |
March 31. 1865 |
Consolidated with 82nd Ohio Infantry
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