The 94th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 94th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 94th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 94th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Piqua near Piqua, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on August 22, 1862, under the command of Colonel Joseph Washington Frizell. The regiment was recruited in Allen, Clark, Darke, Greene, and Miami counties.
The regiment was attached to 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, September 1862. 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, I Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Center, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XIV Corps, to June 1865.
The 94th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service on June 6, 1865.
Ordered to Lexington, Ky., August 28. Expedition to Yates' Ford, Kentucky River, August 30-September 3. Yates' Ford August 31. Tate's Ferry, Kentucky River, September 1. Retreat to Louisville, Ky., September 2âÂÂ3. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1âÂÂ15, 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26âÂÂ30. Battle of Stones River December 30âÂÂ31, 1862 and January 1âÂÂ3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24âÂÂ26. Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River, and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22. Davis Cross Roads or Dug the Gap September 11. Battle of Chickamauga September 19âÂÂ21. Rossville Gap September 21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23âÂÂ27. Lookout Mountain November 24âÂÂ25. Missionary Ridge November 25. Pea Vine Valley and Graysville November 26. Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., February 22âÂÂ27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23âÂÂ25. Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8âÂÂ11. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8âÂÂ9. Battle of Resaca May 14âÂÂ15. Advance on Dallas May 18âÂÂ25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11âÂÂ14. Lost Mountain June 15âÂÂ17. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River May 5âÂÂ17. Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18. Peachtree Creek July 19âÂÂ20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5âÂÂ7. Also the Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25âÂÂ30. Near Red Oak August 29. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29-November 3. Marched to the sea, November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah, December 10âÂÂ21. Campaign of the Carolinas, January to April 1865. Near Rocky Mount, S.C., February 28. Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, N.C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville, March 19âÂÂ21. Occupation of Goldsboro, March 24. Advance on the 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.
The regiment lost a total of 199 men during service; 2 officers and 52 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 144 enlisted men died of disease.