The 28th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was frequently referred to as the 2nd German Ohio Regiment.
The 28th Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio, beginning June 10, 1861, and mustered in July 6, 1861, for three years service under the command of Colonel August Moor.
The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade, Army of Occupation, West Virginia, to October 1861. McCook's 2nd Brigade, District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, to March 1862. 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, Department of the Mountains, to September 1862. 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October 1862. 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, District of West Virginia, Department of the Ohio, to March 1863. Averill's 4th Separate Brigade, VIII Corps, Middle Department, to June 1863. Averill's 4th Separate Brigade, Department of West Virginia, to December 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, West Virginia, to April 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry, Division West Virginia, to June 1864. Reserve Division of West Virginia, until July 1865.
The 28th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Wheeling, West Virginia, on July 13, 1865.
Moved to Point Pleasant, Va., July 31. Moved from Point Pleasant, Va., to Clarksburg, August 11âÂÂ12, 1861, then to Buckhannon, August 17âÂÂ19, to Bulltown August 28âÂÂ29, to Sutton September 1 and to Summerville September 7âÂÂ9. Battle of Carnifex Ferry, Va., September 10. March to Camp Lookout and Big Sewell Mountain September 15âÂÂ23. Retreat to Camp Anderson October 6âÂÂ9. Operations in the Kanawha Valley and New River Region October 19-November 17. New River October 19âÂÂ21. Moved to Gauley December 6, and duty there until May 1862. Advance on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 10. Princeton May 11âÂÂ15-16 and 17. Wolf Creek May 15. At Flat Top Mountain until August. Blue Stone August 13âÂÂ14. Movement to Washington, D.C., August 15âÂÂ24. Maryland Campaign September 6âÂÂ22. Battles of Frederick City, Md., September 12. South Mountain September 14. Antietam September 16âÂÂ17. March to Clear Springs October 8, then to Hancock October 9. March to the Kanawha Valley, West Va., October 14-November 17. Duty at Brownstown November 17, 1862, to January 8, 1863. Scout to Boone, Wyoming and Logan Counties December 1âÂÂ10, 1862. Moved to Buckhannon January 8, 1863, then to Clarksburg April 26âÂÂ27, and to Weston May 9âÂÂ12. Moved to New Creek June 17, thence to Beverly July 2âÂÂ7, and duty there until November 1. Averill's Raid from Beverly against Lewisburg and the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad November 1âÂÂ17. Mill Point November 5. Droop Mountain November 6. Elk Mountain hear Hillsborough November 10. March through Elk Mountain Pass to Beverly December 13âÂÂ17, and duty at Beverly until April 23, 1864. Moved to join Army of the Shenandoah at Bunker Hill April 23âÂÂ29. Sigel's Expedition to New Market April 30-May 16. Near Strasburg May 15. Battle of New Market May 16. Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg, Va., May 26-June 8. Piedmont June 5. Occupation of Staunton June 6. March to Webster on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad with 1,000 prisoners, wounded and refugees, June 8âÂÂ18. Guard prisoners to Camp Morton, Ind., thence moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Reorganized as a veteran battalion September 1864, and ordered to Wheeling, W. Va.
The regiment lost a total of 134 men during service; 2 officers and 66 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 66 enlisted men died of disease.