Army of the Ohio

Army · United States · November 9, 1861 – August 1, 1865

Union army named for the Ohio River. The first Army of the Ohio, under Don Carlos Buell, fought at Shiloh and Perryville and became the Army of the Cumberland in October 1862. A second Army of the Ohio was created in 1863 under Ambrose Burnside and John M. Schofield; it fought at Franklin and Nashville and in the Carolinas.

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Sub-units 1

Corps XXIII Corps (Union Army)

Attached units 3

March 25, 1863 – June 7, 1863 IX Corps (Union Army)
August 18, 1863 – March 20, 1864 IX Corps (Union Army)
November 14, 1864 – December 1, 1864 IV Corps (Union Army) Under Schofield at Spring Hill and Franklin

People who served 7

Don Carlos Buell Major general · 1861–1862

Ambrose Burnside Major general · 1863 John G. Foster Major general · 1863–1864

John Schofield Major general · 1864

Jacob D. Cox Brigadier general · 1864

John Schofield Major general · 1864–1865

John Schofield Major general · 1865

Strength and losses

November 30, 1864 Strength: c. 27,000 Battle of Franklin

Movements

November 15, 1861 – February 13, 1862 Buell organizes the army at Louisville Map
January 19, 1862 Battle of Mill Springs
February 25, 1862 – March 15, 1862 Occupies Nashville Map
April 7, 1862 Battle of Shiloh Arrives for the second day Map
April 29, 1862 – May 30, 1862 Siege of Corinth Map
June 7–8, 1862 First Battle of Chattanooga
July 1, 1862 – August 30, 1862 Slow advance toward Chattanooga along the railroad (approximate) Map
August 28–30, 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run
September 1, 1862 Northern Virginia campaign
September 1, 1862 Battle of Chantilly
September 4–20, 1862 Maryland campaign
September 14–17, 1862 Battle of Munfordville
September 14, 1862 Battle of South Mountain
September 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam
September 25, 1862 – October 1, 1862 Races Bragg back to Louisville Map
October 8, 1862 Battle of Perryville Map
October 16, 1862 Follows Bragg's retreat to Crab Orchard, then turns for Nashville Map
December 11–15, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg
December 29, 1862 – July 4, 1863 Vicksburg campaign
March 25, 1863 – August 15, 1863 Central Kentucky around Lexington and Danville (approximate) Map
May 18 – July 4, 1863 Siege of Vicksburg
August 1863 – December 14, 1863 Knoxville campaign
September 3, 1863 – November 16, 1863 Occupies Knoxville Map
November 17, 1863 – December 4, 1863 Battle of Fort Sanders Besieged in Knoxville; beats the assault on Fort Sanders Map
November 23–25, 1863 Second Battle of Chattanooga
December 5, 1863 – April 25, 1864 Winters in East Tennessee Map
May 4 – June 24, 1864 Overland Campaign
May 5–7, 1864 Battle of the Wilderness
May 8–21, 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania
May 14, 1864 Battle of Resaca Map
May 26, 1864 Battle of North Anna
May 27, 1864 Battle of Pickett's Mill
May 31 – June 12, 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor
June 9, 1864 – March 25, 1865 Siege of Petersburg
June 15–18, 1864 Second Battle of Petersburg
June 22, 1864 – June 27, 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Kolb's Farm, then Kennesaw Mountain Map
June 22, 1864 Battle of Kolb's Farm
July 20, 1864 Battle of Peachtree Creek
July 22, 1864 Battle of Atlanta East of the city Map
July 30, 1864 Battle of the Crater
August 5–7, 1864 Battle of Utoy Creek
August 18–21, 1864 Battle of Globe Tavern
September 1, 1864 Battle of Jonesborough Jonesborough and Lovejoy's Station Map
September 18 – December 27, 1864 Franklin–Nashville campaign
September 19, 1864 Third Battle of Winchester
October 19, 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek
November 24–29, 1864 Battle of Columbia
November 29, 1864 Slips past Hood at Spring Hill Map
November 29, 1864 Battle of Spring Hill
November 30, 1864 Battle of Franklin Map
December 15, 1864 – December 16, 1864 Battle of Nashville Map
February 5, 1865 At sea, by rail and ship to North Carolina (route and date approximate) Map
February 9, 1865 Lands at Fort Fisher Map
February 11–22, 1865 Battle of Wilmington
February 22, 1865 Takes Wilmington Map
March 23, 1865 – April 9, 1865 Goldsboro Map
March 25, 1865 Battle of Fort Stedman
April 1, 1865 Battle of Five Forks
April 6, 1865 Battle of Sailor's Creek
April 9, 1865 Battle of Appomattox Court House
April 13, 1865 Raleigh Map
April 26, 1865 Johnston surrenders at Bennett Place Map
April 27, 1865 – August 1, 1865 Occupies North Carolina (approximate) Map