The regiment served in the Western Theater, primarily as part of the XV Corps in the Army of the Tennessee.
Special Order Number 882 of October 1861 authorized Col. Charles R. Woods to organize a regiment of infantry at Camp Sherman, near Newark, Ohio.
Recruitment had begun for a Licking County regiment as early as September 1861.
The regiment held 962 officers and men when it was mustered in on February 9, 1862.
They were transferred to the 76th OVI on February 3, 1862.: Company K: During the service time of the 76th OVI, from February 1862 to July 1865, the unit saw action in an estimated 44 battles across eleven Confederate States.