83^rd Ohio Infantry 
1862     1863    1864    1865      
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Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio in August and September of 1862. Moved to Covington September 3, 1862 to repel Kirby Smith’s threatened attack on Cincinnati, OH. The Regiment lost during service four Officers and 52 Enlisted men that were killed and mortally wounded. They also lost two Officers and 161 Enlisted men by disease for a total loss of 219 men. Mustered out July 24, and discharged at Camp Dennison, OH August 10, 1865.  The chronology below shows their assignments, service, and engagements with the enemy:    Reference.

     1862 – Assignments and Service     Top

• Expedition to Cynthia, KY September 18, 1862

• Moved To Camp Shaler September 25, thence to Paris, KY October 15

• To Louisville, KY October 28 and to Memphis, TN November 23

• Attached to 1^st Brigade, 2^nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio to December 1862

• 1^st  Brigade, 10^th Division, 13^th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee December 1862

• Expedition from Milliken’s Bend to Dallas Station and Delhi December 25 – 26; Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28; Chickasaw Bluff December 29

     1863 – Assignments and Service   Top

• 1^st Brigade, 1^st Division, Sherman’s Yazoo Expedition, December 20 to January 1863

• Expedition to Arkansas Post, AR January 3 – 10; Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10 – 11

• Moved to Young’s Point, LA January 15 and duty there till March 10

• Expedition to Greenville, MS and Cypress Bend, AR February 14 – 26; Deer Creek near Greenville February 23

• At Milliken’s Bend, LA till April 15

• Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30

• Battles of Port Gibson May, Champion Hill May 16 and Big Black River May 17

• Siege of Vicksburg, MS May 18 to July 4; assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22

• Advance on Jackson, MS July 4 – 10; siege of Jackson July 10 – 17

• 1^st Brigade, 10^th Division, 13^th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August 1863

• 1^st Brigade, 4^th Division, 13^th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee August 1863

• Camp at Vicksburg till August 24; ordered to New Orleans, LA August 24

• Expedition from Carrollton to New and Amite Rivers September 24 – 29; moved to Brashear City

• Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 to November 30

• Grand Coteau November 3

• At New Iberia till December 19

      1864 – Assignments and Service     Top

• Dept. of the Gulf to January 1864; Moved to New Orleans, LA, thence to Madisonville January 19 and duty there till March

• 2^nd Brigade, 3^rd Division, 13^th Army Corps, Army of the Gulf to March 1864

• Red River Campaign March 10 to May 22

• Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14 – 26

• Bayou de Paul and battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8

• Monett’s Ferry, Cane River Crossing April 23

• Construction of dam at Alexandria April 30 to May 10

• Governor Moore’s Plantation May 2; Alexandria May 2 – 9

• Retreat to Morganza May 13 – 20; Mansura May 16

• Moved to Baton Rouge, LA May 28 and duty there till July 21

• 1^st Brigade, 4^th Division, 13^th Army Corps to June 1864

• Moved to Morganza July 21 and duty there till November

• Expedition to Morgan’s Ferry October 1 – 9 and to the Atchafalaya October 18 – 29

• At mouth of White River November 1 to December 6

• 3^rd Brigade, 3^rd Division, 19^th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf to December 1864

      1865 – Assignments and Service     Top

• Moved to Natchez, MS, District of Vicksburg, MS on December and duty there to January 1865; consolidated with 48^th Ohio Infantry January 17

• Moved to Kennersville, LA January 28 , thence to New Orleans and to Barrancas, FL

• 3^rd Brigade, Reserve Corps., Military Division West Mississippi, to February 1865

• 3^rd Brigade, 2^nd Division, Reserve Corps, February 1865

• Campaign against Mobile, AL and its defenses March to April

• March from Pensacola, FL to Blakely, AL March 20 to April 2; occupation of Canoe Station March 27

• Siege of Fort Blakely April 2 – 9; assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9

• Capture of Mobile April 12

• March to Montgomery and Selma April 13 – 25; Duty at Selma till May 12; moved to Mobile May 12, thence to Galveston, TX June 13 and duty there till July 24

• 3^rd Brigade, 2^nd Division, 13^th Army Corps (New) to July 1865

• Veterans and recruits transferred to 48^th Ohio Infantry Battalion

Source: Regimental Histories, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion.