73rd Ohio Infantry

The 73rd Ohio Infantry served in the 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 11th Corps. At Gettysburg on July 1, 2, and 3, 1863, it engaged 338 men and lost 145, including 21 killed, 19 mortally wounded, 104 additional wounded, and 1 missing. The regiment was organized at Chillicothe, Ohio, mustered in on Dec. 30, 1861, and mustered out on July 20, 1865. Its original strength was 891, and total enrollment reached 1284; overall losses included 156 killed, 568 wounded, and 123 died. Its principal engagements were Bull Pasture Mountain, Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain, Groveton, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wauhatchie, Mission Ridge, Resaca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, the March to the Sea, Savannah, Averasboro, and Bentonville.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania · United States