21st ohio infantry regiment

Please read ourPrivacy Policyregarding the use of cookies and visitor tracking. Woundedcommissioned officers, 2; enlisted men, 37. From the 12th to the night of the 20th of December the pickets of my regiment were engaged with those of the enemy before Savannah. Major McMahan, his square jaw tightening, explained that his men were out of ammunition. He looked dazedly around him at the thin ranks and blurted, My God, we thought you had a division here! But as the shadows lengthened on the hill, disaster was building for the 21st Ohio. Confederates from that strong position. Of the soldiers in the regiment, Captain, Americus V. Rice, would become a brigadier general by the end of the war. The total loss of the regiment in this He called for reinforcements. Left State for Nicholasville, Ky., October 2. In With the brigade, the 21st Ohio retreated into the cedar forest.[7]. SIR: I respectfully submit to you the following report of the action of my regiment in the battle of Stone's River: After a march occupying three days, during which skirmishing with the enemy was fierce and continuous, by your order I bivouacked my regiment upon the field on the evening of December 29, ultimo, in its brigade position. They were expecting musketry-a volley, followed by ragged shots. As Wood obeyed Rosecranss order in the only way he could, by pulling out of the line and marching behind Brannan, the Confederates, under Lieutenant General James Longstreet, smashed through the now genuine gap left by Wood, and chaos engulfed two-thirds of the Army of the Cumberland. Col. D. M. Stoughton being in command. battle of Jonesboro it was again engaged and added new laurels to its creek was fought. Lieut.-Col. Stoughton and Maj. Walker deserve all praise for their efficient and prompt action during the fight. The 21st used the breathing space gained to back up the hill and form a firm line behind the hillocks of the ridge. Adjt. Kepler, Virginia. Tags Transcript Colonel Norton was wounded and captured, but later was paroled and exchanged. 219 pgs. Like all soldiers, they were used to receiving orders for unknown reasons. They were mustered out July 25, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. They hijacked the Confederate locomotive The General. On December 26, 1862, the regiment joined the Union's Army of the Cumberland's advance upon the Confederacy's Army of Tennessee at Murfreesboro. About Us,