61st Ohio Infantry
1st Brigade, 3rd Division
(Front):The 61st Ohio Infantry
———On arriving from Emmittsburg about one o'clock p.m., July 1st 1863, was deployed as skirmish line in advance of its Brigade and moved towards Oak Hill. Later it supported as section of Dilger's Battery, and engaged the enemy on this ground. After an obstinate contest it withdrew with the 11th Corps to Cemetery Hill. On the evening of July 2d it moved to the assistance of the 12th Corps on Culp's Hill, and returning lay on Cemetery Hill during the remainder of the battle.
61st Ohio Infantry
1st Brigade
3rd Division 11th Corps
Erected by the State of Ohio
(Left)61st Ohio Infantry
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Gettysburg July 1,2,3. 1863.
Present for duty 309
Killed 6
Wounded 36
Missing 12
Total Loss 54
(Back):Principal engagements
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Freeman's Ford - Resaca
Warrenton Sulphur Springs - New Hope Church
Groveton - Culp's Farm
Chancellorsville - Peach Tree Creek
Gettysburg - Atlanta
Wauhatchie - Sandersville
Mission Ridge - Monteith Swamp
Relief of Knoxville - Savannah
Bentonville
(Right):The 61st Ohio Infantry
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Was organized by companies
from various parts of Ohio
in April and May 1862.
It reenlisted as a
veteran regiment
from January to April 1864
was consolidated with the
82d Ohio Infantry
March 31, 1865,
and was mustered out
July 24, 1865.
Marker is on Howard Avenue 0.2 miles east of Mummasburg Road, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
