OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - HISTORY of 174th OVI Regiment (published 1908)
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       OHIO ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY-FOURTH INFANTRY 
                   (One Year) 

One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Infantry. - Col., John S. 
Jones; Lieut.-Col., A. James Sterling; Majs., Benjamin 
C.G. Reed, William G. Beatty. This regiment was organ-
ized at Camp Chase from Aug. 18 to Sept. 21, 1864 to 
serve for one year. It was ordered to Nashville, Tenn. 
and to report to Gen. W.T. Sherman. It reached Nash-
ville on Sept. 26 and was immediately ordered to pro-
ceed to Murfreesboro, where it remained until Oct. 27, 
when it was ordered to report to the commanding offi- 
cer at Decatur, Ala. It was then moved to the mouth 
of Elk river, leaving on the way four companies as a 
garrison for Athens, Ala. The regiment soon returned 
to Decatur, where it remained until Nov. 26, when the 
town was evacuated. It then returned to Murfreesboro, 
where it remained during the siege and participated 
in the battle of Overall's creek. On Dec. 7 it was 
engaged in the battle of "The Cedars," and on Jan. 17 
moved down the Tennessee and up the Ohio river to Cin-
cinnati. It was then ordered to Washington, D. C., 
which place it reached on Jan. 29, 1865. It remained 
in camp at Washington until Feb. 21, when it started 
for North Carolina, reaching Fort Fisher on the 23d. 
It marched to Morehead City on the 24th and to New 
Berne on the 25th.It took part in the battle of Wise's 
Forks, near Kinston, N.C. Under the order mustering 
out volunteers whose term of service expired previous 
to Oct. 1, the regiment was mustered out on June 28, 
1865. 
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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