63rd Ohio Infantry

compiled by Larry Stevens

References for this Unit

• see also Bibliography of State-Wide References
• Ohio In The War-Volume II. Whitelaw Reid. Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin. Cincinnati 1868
• Report of Proceedings of Ohio Brigade Reunion, Including Addresses, Correspondence, Etc., Held at Columbus, Ohio October 3 and 4, 1878. by Members 27th, 39th, 43rd and 63rd Ohio Infantry. 66 pgs. Chase & Cassil Publishers. Mt. Vernon. O. 1879. Located at Princeton University. Princeton. New Jersey
• National Tribune. The 63d Ohio -- A Disputed Point. R.K. Shaw. January 24th, 1884
• National Tribune. The Fight at Corinth. NA 63rd O.V.I. July 24th, 1884
• National Tribune. Corinth. The Assault on Fort Robinet -- A 63d Ohio Man's Recollections. NA 63rd O.V.I. August 14th, 1884
• National Tribune. Battle of Corinth. The Part Taken in It by the 63rd Ohio and the 11th Missouri. John L. Taylor. 2nd Iowa Cavalry. F.T. Gilmore. 63rd Ohio Infantry. August 21, 1884
• National Tribune. The 63d Ohio at Corinth. R.K. Shaw. October 29th, 1885
• National Tribune. Col. Rogers's Death. George Haskin. August 26th, 1886
• National Tribune. Not a Repulse, But Only a Sacrifice of Life for a Purpose. W.F. James. August 18th, 1887. Salkehatchie River, S.C. 2/4/65
• The Ohio Brigade. Reunion of September 12th and 13th, 1888, at Columbus, Ohio. Names and post-office addresses of members present. NP. Columbus. 1888. OCLC # 35912535. Ohio State University Library. Ohio State University. Columbus. Ohio
• Gen. John W. Fuller. Sketch of His Life and Public Services. Frank T. Gilmore. In The Ohio Soldier. Volume 4. Number 17. March 28, 1891
• Battle of Corinth. The Assault on Fort Robinet. October 3,4, 1862. A 63d Ohio Man's Recollections. NA. pgs. 134-136. In: Camp and Field. Sketches of Army Life. Written by those who followed the Flag. '61-'65. Compiled by W.F. Hinman, Author of "Corporal Si Klegg and His Pard," etc. 704 pgs. The N.G. Hamilton Publishing Co. Cleveland, O. 1892. Thanks to L.M. Strayer for this reference
• Roster of the 63rd Regiment O.V.V.I., and "Sixty-Third Regiment," a Poem. by Jennie Shrader. 30 pgs. Beverly Dispatch Print. Beverly. 1893. Call# PA Box 181 7. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• National Tribune. Defending the 63d Ohio. What Various Regiments did at Fort Robinett. F.T. Gilmore. February 9th, 1899
• National Tribune. Only Went Back When Ordered. Samuel McCullough. February 16th, 1899
• National Tribune. The 63d Ohio at Robinett. J.T. Shuman. March 2nd, 1899
• The Battle of Corinth. Frank T. Gilmore. In The Ohio Soldier. Volume 17. Number 12. January 22, 1902
• National Tribune. Fuller's Ohio Brigade. C.I. Adkins. December 3-31, 1903
• National Tribune. Gun Captured at Cheraw, S.C. Samuel. K. Hawley. May 11th, 1905
• The History of Fuller's Ohio Brigade, 1861-1865. Its Great March, with Roster, Portraits, Battle Maps and Biographies. Charles H. Smith. Major 27th Ohio Regiment, Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Press of A.J. Watt. Cleveland. Ohio. 1909. Fuller's Ohio Brigade was composed of the 27th, 39th, 43rd and 63rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiments.
• History of Jerome Township. Union County, Ohio. by W.L. Curry. Press of Edward T. Miller Co. Columbus. Ohio. 1913. Contains a history of the 63rd OVI on pgs 111-112.
• National Tribune. Crossing the Salkehatchie. James. R. Hawley. April 20, 1916. Salkehatchie River S.C. 2/4/65
• Roster of Fuller's Brigade, Re-Union And Homecoming, Wednesday, August 29th, 1917., Memorial Hall, East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio. Lists attendees by Co. & current address. NP. 1917
• The Colonel's Diary. Journals kept before and during the Civil War by the late Colonel Oscar L. Jackson of New Castle, Pennsylvania, sometime Commander of the 63rd Regiment O.V.I... Editor: David P. Jackson, M.D.. Sharon. PA. 1922
• National Tribune. Saved the Wagon Train. Swamped by Superior Numbers, Three Regts. Hold Joe Wheeler's Cav. Division at Decatur. W.H. Mayguckin. September 21st, 1922. Decatur GA 8/5/64
• With Sherman in Georgia - a Letter from the Coast. by George W. Hanger. pgs. 440-441. Georgia Historical Quarterly. Vol. 42. December. 1958
• Photo & Vignette of Edward Blakely, Co D 63rd OVI. by Curt Schmidt. pg 82. Time Lapse. Civil War Times Illustrated. 31. January - February 1993. 1 photocopied page. USAMHI. Carlisle Barracks. PA
• Unit Bibliography. U.S. Army Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks. PA. 1995
• 63rd OVI Page. by Lois Helmers. 1998
• John Andrew Miracle and the 63rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry 1842-1931. by James L. Miracle. 121 pgs. Printed by the author. Vienna. West Virginia. 2000
• Civil War Pictures and Letters of Isaac Follis Family. Isaac Follis Co. E. 63rd Regt. Ohio Volunteers. Placed on the web by Joe and Edith Sims. 2006

Corporal Isaac Jarvis Co. H 63rd OVI
Killed in the battle of Corinth, Oct. 4, 1862

History

Organized January 23, 1862, by consolidation of battalions of 22d and 63d Regiments, under Colonel John W. Sprague, it immediately took the field and joined General Pope in Missouri. At New Madrid it was brigaded with other Ohio Regiments known as the Ohio Brigade, and took part in all the operations resulting in the surrender of Island No.10. In April it joined General Halleck's forces before Corinth. After the evacuation it operated in Northern Alabama, and participated in the battles of Iuka and Corinth under Rosecrans. During the year 1863 it operated mostly in Northern Alabama and Tennessee. In January, 1864, the Regiment re-enlisted for three years and went to Ohio on veteran furlough. In May it joined Sherman's Atlanta campaign and shared in all the battles to the end, when it marched to the sea and through the Carolinas. It took part in the grand review at Washington, and went to Louisville, where it mustered out July 8, 1865.

From Dyer's Compendium

63rd Regiment Infantry. Organized at Marietta, Ohio, by consolidation of Battalions of the 22nd and 63rd Ohio Infantry January 25, 1862. Moved to Paducah, Ky., February 18-23, thence to Commerce, Mo. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Mississippi, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade. 2nd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 8th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 8th Division, 16th Army of the Tennessee, to March, 1863. 4th Brigade, District of Corinth, Miss., 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 3rd Brigade, District of Memphis, 5th Division, 16th Army Corps. to November, 1863. Fuller's Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Operations against New Madrid, Mo., March 3-14, 1862. Siege and capture of Island Number 10, Mississippi River, and pursuit to Tiptonville, March 15-April 8. Tiptonville April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13-17. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 18-23. Action at Monterey April 29. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Skirmish at Farmington May 1. Reconnoissance toward Corinth May 8. Occupation of Corinth May 30, and pursuit to Booneville May 36-June 12. Duty at Clear Creek till August 29. Battle of Iuka, Miss., September 19. Reconnoissance from Rienzi to Hatchie River September 30. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November 2, 1862, to January 12, 1863. Expedition to Jackson after Forest December 18, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Action at Parker's Cross Roads December 30, 1862. Red Mound, or Parker's Cross Roads, December 31. Lexington, Tenn., January 3, 1863. Moved to Corinth, Miss., January 9, and duty there till April. Dodge's Expedition into Northern Alabama April 15-May 8. Rock Cut, near Tuscumbia, April 22. Tuscumbia April 23. Town Creek April 28. Duty at Memphis, Tenn., till October 18. Movement to Prospect, Tenn., October 18-November 30, and duty there till January, 1864. Veterans absent on furlough January 2 to February 28, 1864. Decatur, Ala., March 8. Duty at Decatur till May. Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Sugar Valley near Resaca May 9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. 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 Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Decatur and Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. At East Point till October 4. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 4-26. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Montieth Swamp December 9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnoissance to the Salkehatchie River, S.C., January 20. Salkehatchie Swamps February 2-5. Skirmishes at Rivers and Broxton Bridges February 2. Action at Rivers Bridge February 3. Binnaker's Bridge, South Edisto River, February 9. Orangeburg February 12-13. Columbia February 16-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. 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 May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 5, and duty there till July. Mustered out July 8, 1865. Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 91 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 259 Enlisted men by disease. Total 357.

Thanks to Dr. Richard A. Sauers for the initial research and indexing of the National Tribune articles.

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