10th Ohio Infantry Regiment

The regiment moved to Camp Dennison on May 12 and performed duty there until June 3, 1861.

The 10th Ohio Infantry was reorganized at Camp Dennison on June 3, 1861, and assembled for three years of service under the command of Colonel William Haines Lytle.

Through September 1861, the regiment was attached to the 2nd Brigade, Army of Occupation, Western Virginia.

After some rest, the 10th moved to the Kanawha Valley and New River Region, where it saw action from October 19 to November 24.

From there, the 10th moved to Elizabethtown and then on to Bacon Creek on December 26, where it waited out the winter.

From there, it occupied Shelbyville, Fayetteville, and then advanced on Huntsville, Alabama, from March 28 to April 11.

The division then participated in the march to Louisville, Kentucky, in pursuit of Confederate General Braxton Bragg from August 27 to September 26.

It then was assigned to Provost duty at the headquarters of General William S. Rosecrans, Commanding Army of the Cumberland, which occupied the division for the remainder of the year.

While serving General Rosecrans, the division participated in the advance on Murfreesboro, Tennessee, from December 26 to 30, 1862.

In December, it was transferred to similar duty at the headquarters of General George H. Thomas, Commanding Army and Department of the Cumberland.

There followed the Atlanta Campaign led by General William Tecumseh Sherman, May 1–27.

Thomas J. Kelly