51st Ohio Infantry

On November 25, 1863, the 51st Ohio Infantry, in Whitaker's Brigade, Cruft's Division, 4th Corps, under Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Wood, had participated with its brigade in the assault on Lookout Mountain on November 24, advanced to Rossville Gap on the 25th, and with Grose's Brigade of Cruft's Division assaulted the south end of Missionary Ridge. It reached the summit there about 5 P.M., helping turn the left flank of the Confederate line and force it from its position on the ridge. The line then pushed northward along the summit until joining the troops that had carried the ridge at the center. On the 26th, the regiment took part in the pursuit to Ringgold. Its strength in action was 14 officers and 160 men, and its casualties were 1 man killed and 6 men wounded.

Chattanooga, Tennessee · United States