Infantry Units: 45th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Infantry units were recruited from all over the state. Those represented in detail here are the ones recruited primarily from northwest Ohio counties and those whose members wrote to local newspapers. More information will be added as it becomes available.

This Regiment was organized at Camp Chase, Ohio on August 19, 1862 to serve three years. It was mustered out of service June 12, 1865 in accordance with orders from the War Department.

Some of the battles in which this unit participated include:

  • Dutton's Hill, KY (Somerset), March 30, 1863
  • Monticello, KY, May 1, 1863
  • Montecello, KY and Rocky Gap, KY, June 9, 1863
  • Colulmbia, KY, July 3, 1863
  • Morgan's Raid (through Indiana and Ohio), July 3-20, 1863
  • Buffington Island, Ohio, July 19, 1863
  • Philadelphia, TN, October 20-22, 1863
  • Rockford, TN, November 14, 1863
  • Holston River, TN, November 15, 1863
  • Knoxville, TN (Siege), November 17-December 4, 1863
  • Bean's Station, TN, December 14, 1863
  • Resaca, GA, May 13-16, 1864
  • Dallas, GA, May 25-June 4, 1864
  • Kenesaw Mountain, GA, June 9-30, 1864
  • Pine Mountain, GA, June 14, 1864
  • Kenesaw Mountain, GA (General Assault), June 27, 1864
  • Atlanta, GA (Siege, July 28-September 2, 1864
  • Lovejoy Station, GA, September 2-6, 1864
  • Columbia, TN, November 24-28, 1864
  • Franklin, TN, November 30, 1864
  • Nashville, TN, December 15-16, 1864

Roster - Field and Staff

Benjamin Piatt Runkle

Roster - Company D

Stephen D. Pond

Roster - Company F

James H. Bradley

Roster - Company K

Musician George Q. Mallory
Private Albert H. Holt