OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - HISTORY of 80th OVI Regiment (published 1908)
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                       Regiment History      
                   OHIO EIGHTIETH INFANTRY 
                        (Three Years) 

Eightieth Infantry. Cols., Ephraim R. Eckley, Matthias H.
Bartilson; Lieut.-Cols., William Marshall, Pren Metham, Tho-
mas C. Morris; Majs., Richard Lanning, David Skeeles, Henry C.
Robinson. This regiment was organized in the state at large
from Oct., 1861, to Jan., 1862, to serve for three years. In
February it left Camp Meigs with 919 men and was taken by rail
to Columbus,thence by rail and river to Paducah, Ky., where it
was assigned to Gen. Pope's command and operated with that
army throughout the siege of Corinth. On May 9 it was ordered
to the support of a Missouri battery in front of Farmington
and in performing that duty was for the first time under fire.
In September it took part in the battle of Iuka and lost 45
men killed and wounded.It took a prominent part in the battle
that ensued at Corinth and lost heavily, 80 killed and
wounded. It engaged in the Vicksburg campaign, first
participating in the battle of Raymond, but at that place did
not lose any men. Two days later, at Jackson, the regiment
with its brigade had a desperate fight and in a charge lost
about one-third of its number killed and wounded. Just after
the charge was ended, Gen. McPherson rode up to the regiment,
and lifting his hat, exclaimed, "God Almighty bless the 80th
Ohio!" Its loss was go killed and wounded. It then returned to
Vicksburg and took part in the entire siege and capture of
that Confederate stronghold. Being then transferred to eastern
Tennessee, it entered the fight at Missionary ridge and was
hotly engaged until near nightfall, losing several
commissioned officers and nearly 100 men. It re-enlisted as a
veteran regiment, went home for a 30 days' respite, then
returned to the front in Georgia, and in the autumn joined in
the march to the sea.In the Carolina campaign it participated
in a brisk skirmish with the enemy at the Salkahatchie river,
and in the closing scenes of the battle of Bentonville. It was
mustered out on Aug. 13, 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.


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