The Second German Regiment

28th Ohio, "The Second German Regiment"

Organization and Affiliations:

  • Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 10 and mustered in July 6, 1861.
  • Attached to 2nd Brigade, Army of Occupation, W. Va., to October, 1861.
  • McCook's 2nd Brigade, District of the Kanawha, W. Va., to March, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, Dept. of the Mountains, to September, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, District of West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio, to March, 1863.
  • Averill's 4th Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to June, 1863.
  • Averill's 4th Separate Brigade, Dept. of West Virginia, to December, 1863.
  • 1st Brigade, 4th Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864.
  • 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry, Division West Virginia, to June, 1864.
Service:
  • Moved to Point Pleasant, W. Va., July 31.
  • Moved from Point Pleasant, Va., to Clarksburg, August 11-12, 1861, thence to Buckhannon, August 17-19, to Bulltown August 28-29, to Sutton September 1 and to Summerville September 7-9, 1861.
  • Battle of Carnifex Ferry, W. Va., September 10.
  • March to Camp Lookout and Big Sewell Mountain September 15-23.
  • Retreat to Camp Anderson October 6-9.
  • Operations in the Kanawha Valley and New River Region October 19-November 17.
    • New River October 19-21.
  • Moved to Gauley December 6, and duty there till May, 1862.
  • Advance on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 10.
  • Princeton May 11-15-16 and 17.
  • Wolf Creek May 15.
  • At Flat Top Mountain till August.
  • Blue Stone August 13-14.
  • Movement to Washington, D.C., August 15-24.
  • Maryland Campaign September 6-22.
    • Battle of Frederick City, Md., September 12.
    • Battle of South Mountain September 14.
    • Battle of Antietam September 16-17.
  • March to Clear Springs October 8, thence to Hancock October 9.
  • March to the Kanawha Valley, West Va., October 14-November 17.
  • Duty at Brownstown November 17, 1862, to January 8, 1863.
    • Scout to Boone, Wyoming and Logan Counties December 1-10, 1862.
  • Moved to Buckhannon January 8, 1863, thence to Clarksburg April 26-27, and to Weston May 9-12.
  • Moved to New Creek June 17, thence to Beverly July 2-7, and duty there till November 1.
  • Averill's Raid from Beverly against Lewisburg and the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad November 1-17.
    • Mill Point November 5.
    • Droop Mountain November 6.
    • Elk Mountain near Hillsborough November 10.
    • March through Elk Mountain Pass to Beverly December 13-17
  • Duty at Beverly till April 23, 1864.
  • Moved to Join Army of the Shenandoah at Bunker Hill April 23-29.
  • Sigel's Expedition to New Market April 30-May 16.
    • Near Strasburg May 15.
    • Battle of New Market May 16.
  • Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg, Va., May 26-June 8.
    • Piedmont June 5.
    • Occupation of Staunton June 6.
  • March to Webster on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad with 1,000 prisoners, wounded and refugees, June 8-18.
  • Guard prisoners to Camp Morton, Ind., thence moved to Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • Mustered out June 23, 1864.
  • Reorganized as a Veteran Battalion September, 1864, and ordered to Wheeling, W. Va. Duty there and in the Reserve Division of West Virginia, till July, 1865.
  • Mustered out at Wheeling, W. Va., July 13, 1865.
Regimental losses during service:
  • 2 Officers and 66 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded.
  • 66 Enlisted men by disease.
  • Total 134.
Sources:
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, Iowa: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908).