96^th Ohio Infantry

1862      1863    1864    1865
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Organized at Camp Delaware, Ohio and mustered in August 29, 1862. Ordered to Cincinnati, OH, September 1 thence to Covington and Newport, KY on September and duty there during threatened attack on Cincinnati by Kirby Smith. The Regiment lost during service two Officers and 46 Enlisted men that were killed and mortally wounded. They also lost five Officers and 286 Enlisted men by disease for a total loss of 339 men. The Regiment was mustered out on July 7, 1865 at Mobile.   The chronology below shows their assignments, service, and engagements with the enemy: Reference

1862 – Assignments and Service   Top

• Attached to 2^nd Brigade, 2^nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to October 1862

• Moved to Falmouth, KY October 8, thence to Nicholasville October 23

• Moved to Louisville, KY thence to Memphis, TN November 13 – 22

• 1^st Brigade, 1^st Division, Army of Kentucky till November

• 1^st Brigade, Right Wing 13^th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee to December

• Landed at Milliken’s Bend, LA; expedition to Dallas Station, on Vicksburg & Shreveport Railroad and destruction of railroad and stores December 25 – 26

• Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28; Chickasaw Bluff December 29

• Sherman’s Yazoo Expedition December 20 to January 3, 1863 with the 1^st Brigade, 1^st Division

      1863 – Assignments and Service   Top

• Expedition to Arkansas Post, AR January 3 – 10

• Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post January 10 – 11

• Moved to Young’s Point January 17 and duty there till March 10

• Expedition to Greenville, MS and Cypress Bend, AR February 14 – 26

• Moved to Milliken’s Bend, LA March 10 and duty there till April 25

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

• Battles of Magnolia Hills, Port Gibson, MS May 1; Champion Hill May 16

• 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

• Camp at Vicksburg till August 26; ordered to New Orleans, LA August 26

• Expedition from Carrollton to New and Amite Rivers September 24 – 29

• At Brashear City October 3; Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 to November 30

• Grand Coteau November 3

• Moved to Algiers December 13, thence embark for Texas December 18

      1864 – Assignments and Service   Top

• 1^st Brigade, 4^th Division, 13^th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee and Army of the Gulf, to March

• Duty at Du Crow’s Point, TX till March; moved to Algiers, LA March 1 – 6

• Red River Campaign March 10 to May 22; advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14 – 26

• Skirmish at Bayou de Paul, Carroll’s Mills, April 8; Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8

• Monett’s Bluff, Cane River Crossing, April 23; operations about Alexandria April 26 to May 13; construction of dam at Alexandria April 30 to May 20

• Mansura May 16; moved to Baton Rouge May 28 and duty there till July 20; moved to Algiers July 20, thence to Dauphin Island, AL

• 2^nd Brigade, 4^th Division, 13^th Army Corps to June

• Operations in Mobile Bay against Forts Gaines and Morgan August 2 – 23; siege and capture of Fort Gaines August 3 – 8; siege and capture of Fort Morgan August 9 – 23

• Moved to Morganza September 1; raid to Greenville Farms September 4

• Consolidated to four Companies November 18

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

      1865 – Assignments and Service   Top

• U.S. Forces, mouth of White River, November 1, 1865, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi to February 4

• Moved to Kennersville, LA February 4, thence to Mobile Point February 16

• Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March 17 to April 13

• Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26 to April 8; assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9; occupation of Mobile April 12

• Expedition to Tombigbee River and McIntosh Bluffs April 13 to May 9

• 1^st Brigade, 3^rd Division, 13^th Army Corps, Military division West Mississippi to July

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

Reference:
The following out-of-print books were written on this unit:  Roster of the Ninety-Sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Robert Franklin Bartlett (Columbus: Press of Hann & Adair, 1895.  Services of the Ninety-Sixth Ohio Volunteers, Joseph Thatcher Woods (Toledo: Blade Printers, 1874).