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                      Regiment History      
           OHIO ONE HUNDRED and ELEVENTH INFANTRY 
                       (Three Years) 

One Hundred and Eleventh Infantry. - Col., John R. Bond;
Lieut.Cols., Benjamin W. Johnson, Moses R. Brailey, Isaac R.
Sherwood; Maj. Thomas C. Norris. This regiment was organized
at Camp Toledo, Sept. 5 and 6, 1862, to serve for three years.
It was a northwestern Ohio regiment, having been raised in
Sandusky, Lucas, Wood, Fulton, Williams and Defiance counties.
It took the field at Covington, Ky., and remained in that
state employed in various duties for the greater part of a
year. It was then ordered to East Tennessee, where it was
first engaged at Huff's ferry, losing only a few wounded, as
it was on the right flank of the brigade and partially under
cover of dense woods. At Loudon creek a brisk skirmish took
place between the regiment and the 6th S. C. sharpshooters,
composing Gen. Longstreet's advance, and in this engagement
the regiment lost 4 killed and 12 wounded. In the engagement
at Campbell's station the regiment occupied the front line,
directly in front of two batteries of Confederate artillery,
and was for 6 hours exposed to the shells of the enemy's
concentrated fire, but lost only 8 men killed and wounded. It
passed through the siege of Knoxville, occupying the fort on
College hill, and lost 6 men killed and wounded. After Gen.
Longstreet's retreat it took part in the skirmishes at Blain's
crossroads and Dandridge and occupied an outpost 6 miles in
front of the city when Gen. Schofield fell back the second
time on Knoxville. In May the regiment united with the left
wing of Gen. Sherman's army to participate in the Atlanta
campaign. It marched to Tunnel Hill on May 7, and on the
following day skirmished into a position in front of Buzzard
Roost gap. It had but seven companies en- gaged at Resaca,but
out of the number 7 men were killed and 30 wound- ed. In the
engagement at Dallas it lost 15 men killed and wounded. It was
actively engaged in the siege of Kennesaw mountain, the
battles at Pine and Lost mountains, on the Chattahoochee
river, near Nickajack creek, at Peachtree creek, in the siege
of Atlanta and the skirmishes at Utoy creek and Lovejoy's
Station. It started on the Atlanta cam- paign with 380 men and
of this number lost in killed and wounded 212. Following Hood
into Tennessee, it participated in the skirmishes at Columbia
and was detailed to remain in the rear to guard the forks of
Duck river while Gen.Thomas' army fell back on Franklin. In
the fight at Franklin,out of 180 men engaged the regiment lost
22 men killed on the field and 40 wounded, many being killed
by Confederate bayonets. It was severely engaged during both
days of the fighting in front of Nashville and in a charge on
the second day it captured 3 Confederate battle flags and a
large number of prisoners, losing 7 killed and 15 wounded.
After pursuing Hood for some distance, the regiment was sent
to North Carolina, where it joined the army under Gen. Terry
and took an active part in the capture of Fort Anderson and in
the skirmishes at Town creek and Goldsboro. It then did
garrison duty at Salisbury until ordered home to be mustered
out, the latter event occurring on June 27,1865. The regiment
numbered 1,050 when it entered the service and received 85
recruits. Of these men 234 were discharged for disability,
disease and wounds; 200 died of disease contracted in the
service;252 were killed in battle or died of wounds and 401
were mus- tered out, leaving 48 unaccounted for. 
Source: The Union Army, vol. 2 

The Union Army A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65
-- Records of the Regiments in the Union Army -- Cyclopedia of Battles -- 
Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. 8 vols. 
Madison: Federal Publishing, 1908.

Bob

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