70th Ohio Infantry

compiled by Larry Stevens

References for this Unit

• see also Bibliography of State-Wide References
• Ohio In The War-Volume II. Whitelaw Reid. Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin. Cincinnati 1868
• The 70th Ohio Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. A History of Adams County, Ohio: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Nelson Wiley Evans and Emmons Buchanan Stivers. Publisher: E. B. Stivers. 1900.
• History of the Seventieth Ohio Regiment, from Its Organization to Its mustering Out. T.W. Connelly. of Co. G. 187 pgs. Peak Bros. 110 E. Pearl Street. Cincinnati. Ohio. 1902?
  Reprint: History of the Seventieth Ohio Regiment, from Its Organization to Its mustering Out. T.W. Connelly. of Co. G. 187 pgs. The Adams County Historical Society. Adams County. Ohio. 1978
• DeWitt Clinton Louden Papers 1834-1888. Lt. Colonel DeWitt C. Louden. 70th OVI. .25 cubic foot. Detailed correspondence and diary concerning Mexican War and Civil War service of Louden are included in this collection. Call# MSS 610. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• Nathaniel Watson Foster Papers 1861-1866. Captain N. Watson Foster. Co G. 70th OVI. 1 cubic foot. Call# MSS 585. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• Unit Bibliography. U.S. Army Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks. PA. 1995
• 70th OVI Monument. Vicksburg National Military Park. 3201 Clay Street. Vicksburg. MS. 39180. 1998
• Their Patriotic Duty: The Civil War Letters of the Evans Family of Brown County, Ohio. Samuel Evans 70th OVI. Edited by Robert F. Engs and Corey M. Brooks. 384 pgs. Hardcover. Fordham University Press. 2007

Adjt. Andrew Urban 70th OVI
Killed near Jonesboro Georgia Sept 3 1864
Courtesy of and Copyright © Brad Pruden Collection

History

Organized in December, 1861, by Colonel Joseph R. Cockerill, it left the state for Paducah, Ky. in February, 1862. It moved to Pittsburg Landing in March and took part in the battle of Shiloh and the siege of Corinth. It moved to Memphis in July and advanced into Mississippi and late in the year moved to the Vicksburg area. During the Vicksburg siege of 1863 the 70th was placed on the line formed in the rear of Vicksburg to prevent the advance of the enemy under General Joseph E. Johnston. It moved to Jackson after the siege of Vicksburg. The Regiment later moved to Memphis and then to Chattanooga and took part in the battles there on the 25th & 26th of November. It pursued the fleeing Rebels to Ringgold and later marched to the relief of Knoxville. In January 1864 the Regiment re-enlisted and in May started on Sherman's Atlanta campaign. It took part in all of the battles there and marched on to the sea. On the 13th of December the 70th suffered severely in the storming of Fort McAllister. It marched through the Carolinas and fought at Bentonville. It marched through Richmond and participated in the grand review. It then moved to Louisville and Little Rock, Arkansas where it finally mustered out of the service on August 14, 1865.

From Dyer's Compendium

70th Regiment Infantry. Organized at West Union, Ohio, October 14, 1861. Moved to Ripley, Ohio, December 25, thence to Paducah, Ky., February 17, 1862. Attached to District of Paducah, Ky., to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to November. 1862. 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Moved from Paducah, Ky., to Savannah, Tenn., March 6-10, 1862. Expedition to Yellow Creek and occupation of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Crump's Landing April 4. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Russell House, near Corinth, May 17. Occupation of Corinth May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., via LaGrange, Grand Junction and Holly Springs June 1-July 21. Duty at Memphis till November. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad, November, 1862, to January, 1863. Moved to LaGrange, Tenn., and duty there till March 7, and at Moscow till June 9. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., June 9. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Bolton's Ferry, Black River, July 4-6. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Big Black till September 26. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 26-November 20. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 23-25. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 28. Regiment reenlisted January 1, 1864. Veterans on furlough February. Duty at Scottsboro, Ala., till May. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Brush Mountain June 15. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel July 28 (Hood's second sortie). Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Reconnoissance from Rome on Cave Springs Road and skirmishes October 12-13. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Statesboro December 4. Near Bryan Court House December 8. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Fort McAllister December 13. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Columbia, S.C., February 16-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 30. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, thence to Little Rock, Ark., and duty there till August. Mustered out August 14, 1865. Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 70 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 188 Enlisted men by disease. Total 265.

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