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The 41st Ohio Infantry, part of Hazen's Brigade, Wood's Division, 4th Corps, was led by Colonel Aquila Wiley and Lieutenant Colonel R.L. Kimberly during the fighting of November 23 and 25, 1863. In the brigade's advance on the Orchard Knob line on November 23, the 41st and the 93d suffered the heaviest loss, with the 41st losing 11 killed and 52 wounded. In the storming of the Ridge on November 25, Colonel Wiley was severely wounded at the enemy's works at its foot, and Lieutenant Colonel Kimberly led the regiment to the summit, which was reached about this point. A battery was captured and turned on the enemy. The regiment's strength in action was 9 officers and 194 men. Its casualties were 1 officer and 17 men killed, 5 officers and 65 men wounded, for a total of 88.
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