The 97th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 97th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 97th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 97th Ohio Infantry was organized at Zanesville, Ohio, and mustered in for three years service on September 1, 1862, under the command of Colonel John Quincy Lane.
The regiment was attached to 21st Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, September 1862. 21st Brigade, 6th Division, II Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Left Wing, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XXI Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June 1865.
The 97th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Nashville, Tennessee, on June 10, 1865.
Moved to Covington, Ky., September 7, thence to Louisville, Ky., September 20. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1âÂÂ15, 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8 (reserve). March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 21, and duty there until December 26. Action at Kimbrough's Mill, Mill Creek, December 6. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26âÂÂ30. Battle of Stones River December 30âÂÂ31, 1862 and January 1âÂÂ3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Reconnaissance to Nolensville and Versailles January 13âÂÂ15. Expedition to McMinnville April 20âÂÂ30. Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22. Occupation of Chattanooga, September 9. First regiment to enter city and assigned to duty as its garrison. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23âÂÂ27. Orchard Knob November 23âÂÂ24. Missionary Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26âÂÂ27. March to relief of Knoxville, November 28-December 8. Operations in eastern Tennessee until April 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton, Ga., May 8âÂÂ13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8âÂÂ9. Battle of Resaca May 14âÂÂ15. Adairsville May 17. Near Kingston May 18âÂÂ19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22âÂÂ25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11âÂÂ14. Lost Mountain June 15âÂÂ17. Ackworth June 18. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5âÂÂ17. Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18. Peachtree Creek July 19âÂÂ20. 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. Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign NovemberâÂÂDecember. Columbia, Duck River, November 24âÂÂ27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15âÂÂ16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17âÂÂ28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there until March 1865. Operations in eastern Tennessee March 15-April 22. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and duty there until June.
The regiment lost a total of 254 men during service; 1 officer and 92 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 160 enlisted men died of disease.