77th OVI

By IanH1993

  • Regiment officially organized and soon moved to Camp Dennison, near Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Left state for Paducah, KY

    Arriving on February 20.

  • Movement from Paduch, KY to Savannah, TN

    March 6-10, 1862.

  • Expedition to Yellow Creek, MS and Occupation of Pittsburg Landing, TN

    March 14-17, 1862. The regiment arrived at Yellow Creek on March 14, departed the following day, and sailed to Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, arriving on March 16.

  • Conducted a reconnaissance to Monterey, Tennessee

  • Encamped on the grounds of the Shiloh Church

  • Expedition to Eastport, MS and Chickasaw, AL

    On April 1, boarded steamers for Eastport, Mississippi, where they had a skirmish with Confederate forces between Eastport and Luka, Mississippi.

  • Returned to camp at Shiloh Church

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Pittsburg Landing, TN, April 6 - 7, 1862.

  • Skirmish in Corinth Road, MS

  • Encamped on the Shiloh battlefield

    April 9-29, 1862.

  • Advance on and Siege of Corinth, MS

    April 29 - May 30, 1862

  • Occupation, Corinth, MS

    Spent nearly two months repairing the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.

  • March to Memphis, TN via LaGrange, Grand Junction and Holly Springs

    June 1-July 21, 1862.

  • Movement to Alton, IL

    August 27-31 1862. Where officials assigned the 77th to guard military prisons. They performed this duty until July 31, 1863

  • Movement to Helena, Arkansas

    Arriving on August 5, 1863.

  • Movement to Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas

  • Grand Junction and Holly Springs, Movement to Alton, IL

    August 27-31 1862

  • Steele's Expedition to Little Rock, Arkansas

    September 1-10, 1863.

  • Occupation, Little Rock, Arkansas

  • Engagement, Bayou Fourche, Arkansas

  • Regiment reenlisted

  • Departed Arkansas for Columbus, Ohio

  • Regiment mustered in as veterans in Columbus, Ohio

    The 77th's soldiers received a thirty-day furlough and had to return to Camp Dennison in late February 1864.

  • Returned to Little Rock, Arkanas

    March 1–17, 1864.

  • Steele's Expedition from Little Rock to Camden, Arkansas

    March 23-May 3, 1864.

  • Skirmishes, Okolona, Arkansas

  • Battle of Prairie D'Ann, Arkansas

    April 9-13, 1864

  • Skirmishes and Engagement, Camden, Arkansas

    April 16-18, 1864.

  • Ordered to escort a supply train from Camden to Pine Bluffs

  • Engagement, Mark's Mill, Arkansas

    Almost the entire regiment was captured. Those taken were held as prisoners of war at Camp Ford, Tyler, Texas, for ten months. In February, 1865, these men were paroled and exchanged. The 77th's members not captured at Marks's Mills formed a company.

  • Evacuation, Camden, Arkansas (detachment)

  • Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, Arkansas (detachment)

  • Movement to New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Movement to Mobile Point, Alabama

  • Campaign against Mobile, Alabama and its Defenses

    March 17-April 12, 1865

  • Siege, Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, Alabama

    March 26-April 9, 1865.

  • Occupation, Mobile, Alabama

  • Advance to Mount Vernon, Alabama

    April 13-25, 1865.

  • Movement to Brazos Santiago, Texas

    June 1-9, 1865,

  • Arrived at Brownsville, Texas

  • 77th Mustered Out of service

  • Departed for Columbus, Ohio

    arriving on March 23.

  • Officials discharged the regiment's members from the military

    The 77th was the last Ohio Volunteer Infantry organization to muster out of service from the Civil War.