# 42nd Ohio Infantry Regiment > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/42nd_Ohio_Infantry_Regiment > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/42nd_Ohio_Infantry_Regiment.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_Ohio_Infantry_Regiment > Source revision: 1355028093 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 42nd Ohio Infantry Regiment Active September 1861 to December 2, 1864 Country United States Allegiance Union Branch Union Army Type Infantry Engagements Battle of Middle Creek Battle of Tazewell Battle of Chickasaw Bayou Battle of Arkansas Post Battle of Port Gibson Battle of Champion Hill Battle of Big Black River Bridge Siege of Vicksburg Siege of Jackson Red River Campaign Military unit Ohio U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 Previous Next 41st Ohio Infantry Regiment 43rd Ohio Infantry Regiment The **42nd Ohio Infantry Regiment** was an [infantry](/source/Infantry) [regiment](/source/Regiment) in the [Union Army](/source/Union_Army) during the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War). ## Service The 42nd Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized at [Camp Chase](/source/Camp_Chase) in [Columbus, Ohio](/source/Columbus%2C_Ohio) September through November 1861 and mustered in for three years service on December 7, 1861, under the command of [Colonel](/source/Colonel_(United_States)) [James Abram Garfield](/source/James_A._Garfield). The regiment was attached to 18th Brigade, [Army of the Ohio](/source/Army_of_the_Ohio), to March 1862. 26th Brigade, 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October 1862. 4th Brigade, Cumberland Division, District of West Virginia, [Department of the Ohio](/source/Department_of_the_Ohio), to November 1862. 3rd Brigade, 9th Division, Right Wing, [XIII Corps](/source/XIII_Corps_(Union_Army)), [Department of the Tennessee](/source/Department_of_the_Tennessee), to December 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January 1863. 3rd Brigade, 9th Division, XIII Corps, [Army of the Tennessee](/source/Army_of_the_Tennessee), to February 1863. 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, XIII Corps, to July 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to August 1863, and [Department of the Gulf](/source/Department_of_the_Gulf) to September 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XIII Corps, Department of the Gulf, to November 1863. Plaquemine, District of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Department of the Gulf, to March 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XIII Corps, Department of the Gulf, to June 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, [XIX Corps](/source/XIX_Corps_(Union_Army)), to December 1864. Companies A, B, C, and D mustered out September 30, 1864; companies E and F mustered out November 25, 1864; companies G, H, I, and K mustered out December 2, 1864 (all at Camp Chase). Veterans and recruits were transferred to the [96th Ohio Infantry](/source/96th_Ohio_Infantry). ## Detailed service Moved to Catlettsburg, Ky., December 14, 1861; then to Louisa, Ky. Garfield's Campaign against Humphrey Marshall December 23, 1861, to January 30, 1862. Advance on Paintsville, Ky., December 31, 1861, to January 7, 1862. Jennies Creek January 7. Occupation of Paintsville January 8. Middle Creek, near Prestonburg, January 10. Occupation of Prestonburg January 11. Expedition to [Pound Gap](/source/Pound_Gap_(of_Pine_Mountain)), Cumberland Mountains, March 14–17, Pound Gap March 16. Cumberland Gap Campaign March 28-June 18. Cumberland Mountain April 28. Occupation of Cumberland Gap June 18 to September 16. Tazewell July 26. Operations about Cumberland Gap August 2–6. Big Springs August 3. Tazewell August 6. Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to the Ohio River September 17-October 3. Expedition to Charleston October 21-November 10. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., November 10, and duty there until December 20. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26–28. Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3–10, 1863. Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10–11. Moved to Young's Point, La., January 17. Duty there and at Milliken's Bend, La., until April 25. Operations from Milliken's Bend to New Carthage March 31-April 17. Movement on [Bruinsburg, Mississippi](/source/Bruinsburg%2C_Mississippi) and turning Grand Gulf April 25–30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Skirmish near Edwards Station May 15. Battle of Champion Hill May 16. Big Black River May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5–10. Near Clinton July 8. Siege of Jackson July 10–17, Moved to New Orleans, La., August 13. Duty at Carrollton, Berwick, and Brashear City until October. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 20. Duty at Plaquemine November 21, 1863, to March 24, 1864. Provost duty at Baton Rouge until May 1. Expedition to Clinton May 1–3. Comite River May 1. Moved to Simsport May 18, thence to Morganza and duty there until September 6. Expeditions up White River July 15 and September 6–15. Moved to Duvall's Bluff, Ark., September 15, and duty there until November. ## Casualties The regiment lost a total of 240 men during service; 1 officer and 58 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 178 enlisted men died of disease. ## Commanders - Colonel [James Abram Garfield](/source/James_Abram_Garfield) - Colonel [Lionel Allen Sheldon](/source/Lionel_Allen_Sheldon) - [Lieutenant Colonel](/source/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)) Don Albert Pardee - commanded during the siege of Vicksburg - [Major](/source/Major_(United_States)) Frederick A. Williams - commanded at the Battle of Champion Hill ## Notable members - Colonel James A. Garfield - [20th](/source/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States) [President of the United States](/source/President_of_the_United_States), 1881 - Colonel Lionel Allen Sheldon - [U.S. Representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana) (1869–1875) and [Governor](/source/List_of_governors_of_New_Mexico) of [New Mexico Territory](/source/New_Mexico_Territory), 1881–1885. Don Pardee - Commanded the 42 OVI in the assault on Vicksburg. Appointed by President Garfield a United States federal judge, United States circuit court for the Fifth Circuit (1881-1917) Orlando C. Risdon - 1LT in the 42 OVI was promoted to LTC of United States Colored Troops in 1863. Promoted Colonel and Commander of 53d Regiment USCT 1864. Promoted Brigadier General (Brevet) March 13, 1865. ## See also - [American Civil War portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:American_Civil_War) - [Ohio portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Ohio) - [List of Ohio Civil War units](/source/List_of_Ohio_Civil_War_units) - [Ohio in the Civil War](/source/Ohio_in_the_Civil_War) ## References ### Sources - Dyer, Frederick H. *A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion* (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. - Hopkins, Owen Johnston. *Under the Flag of the Nation: Diaries and Letters of a Yankee Volunteer in the Civil War* (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press for the Ohio Historical Society), 1961. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8142-0743-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8142-0743-7) - [Mason, Frank H. *The Forty-Second Ohio Infantry: A History of the Organization and Services of That Regiment in the War of the Rebellion* (Cleveland, OH: Cobb, Andrews & Co.), 1876.](https://archive.org/details/01544920.3386.emory.edu) at the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-154-70974-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-154-70974-2) - Ohio Roster Commission. *Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865, Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission* (Akron, OH: Werner Co.), 1886–1895. - Pardee, George K. *My Dear Carrie: The Civil War Letters of George K. Pardee and Family* (Akron, OH: Summit County Historical Society Press), 1994. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-883916-00-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-883916-00-3) - Reid, Whitelaw. *Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers* (Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin), 1868. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-154-80196-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-154-80196-5) **Attribution** - This article contains text from a text now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Dyer, Frederick H.](/source/Frederick_H._Dyer) (1908). *A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion*. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co. ## External links - [Ohio in the Civil War: 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Larry Stevens](http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cw42.html) - [National flag of the 42nd Ohio Infantry](https://web.archive.org/web/20101229061249/http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/exhibits/fftc/relicroom/details.aspx?war=2&flagid=355&unitid=128&warname=Civil%20War) - [National flag of the 42nd Ohio Infantry, identified as "Garfield's flag"](https://web.archive.org/web/20101229061247/http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/exhibits/fftc/relicroom/details.aspx?war=2&flagid=47&unitid=128&warname=Civil%20War) - [Regimental flag of the 42nd Ohio Infantry](https://web.archive.org/web/20101229061300/http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/exhibits/fftc/relicroom/details.aspx?war=2&flagid=356&unitid=128&warname=Civil%20War) v t e Ohio in the American Civil War 1861 Early military recruiting Camp Chase Camp Dennison Camp Harrison Camp Thomas Department of the Ohio Johnson's Island POW camp 1862 Anti-war movement Knights of the Golden Circle First Confederate incursion into Ohio Defense of Cincinnati Black Brigade of Cincinnati 1863 "Fort Fizzle" Morgan's Raid Battle of Buffington Island Battle of Salineville 1864–65 Hundred Days Men Cincinnati in the War Cleveland in the War Buckeye POWs and the Sultana Post-war Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Personnel Units Generals and Admirals Fighting McCooks v t e James A. Garfield 20th President of the United States (1881) U.S. Representative for OH–19 (1863–1880) Life 42nd Ohio Infantry Regiment Battle of Middle Creek James A. Garfield National Historic Site Front porch campaign 1880 United States presidential election 1880 Republican National Convention Presidency Inauguration of James A. Garfield Star Route scandal Assassination of James A. Garfield Public image In Memoriam: President Garfield's Funeral March List of memorials to James A. Garfield James A. Garfield Monument, Washington, D.C. James Garfield Memorial, Philadelphia U.S. Capitol statue James A. Garfield Memorial and burial site, Cleveland Cincinnati statue These Are My Jewels (1894 monument) Destiny of the Republic (2011 book) Death by Lightning (2025 miniseries) Family Lucretia Garfield (wife) Harry Augustus Garfield (son) James Rudolph Garfield (son) Abram Garfield (son) ← Rutherford B. Hayes Chester A. 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