The 68th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 68th Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Latty in Napoleon, Ohio October through December 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Samuel H. Steedman.
The regiment was attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Military District of Cairo, February 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to May 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July 1863. Unattached, District of Jackson, Tennessee, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XVII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to July 1865.
The 68th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky, on July 10, 1865.
Moved to Camp Chase, Ohio, January 21, 1862, then ordered to Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 7. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 12âÂÂ16, 1862. Expedition toward Purdy and operations about Crump's Landing March 9âÂÂ14. Battle of Shiloh April 6âÂÂ7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Purdy, thence to Bolivar, and duty there until September. March to Iuka, Miss., September 1âÂÂ19. Battle of the Hatchie October 5. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad, November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Reconnaissance from LaGrange November 8âÂÂ9, 1862. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., January 20, 1863, then to Lake Providence, La., February 22. Moved to Milliken's Bend April 10. Movement on Bruinsburg, Mississippi and turning Grand Gulf April 25âÂÂ30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Forty Hills and Hankinson's Ferry May 3âÂÂ4. Battle of Raymond May 12. Jackson May 14. Battle of Champion Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4, and duty there until February 1864. Expedition to Monroe, La., August 20-September 2, 1863. Expedition to Canton October 14âÂÂ20. Bogue Chitto Creek October 17. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2, 1864. Morton February 10. Veterans absent on furlough February 20-May 8. Moved to Cairo, Ill., May 7âÂÂ8, then to Clifton, Tenn., and march via Pulaski, Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., to Rome and Ackworth, Ga., May 12-June 9. Atlanta Campaign June-9-September 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Nickajack Creak July 2âÂÂ5. Chattahoochie River July 5âÂÂ17. Howell's Ferry July 5. Leggett's or Bald Hill July 20âÂÂ21. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25âÂÂ30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy's Station September 2âÂÂ6. Jonesboro September 5. Operations in northern Georgia and northern Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3 (Battle of Franklin). March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10âÂÂ21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865. Pocotaligo, S.C., January 14. Salkehatchie Swamps February 2âÂÂ5. Barker's Mills, Whippy Swamp, February 2. Binnaker's Bridge, South Edisto River, February 9. Orangeburg, North Edisto River, February 12âÂÂ13. Columbia February 16âÂÂ17. Battle of Bentonville, N.C., March 20âÂÂ21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10âÂÂ14. 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 20. Grand Review of the Armies May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 1, and duty there until July.
The regiment lost almost a total of 300 men during service; 2 officers and 48 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 249 enlisted men died of disease.