93rd Ohio Infantry

The 93rd Ohio Infantry, in 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, served in Johnson's Division as part of General George Thomas's command during the battles of September 19 and 20, 1863. Commanded by Colonel Hiram Strong, the regiment became engaged after 12:00 M. on September 19 about one half mile west of this position, arrived here about 3:00 p.m. after a contest first with Jackson's and then with Maney's brigades of Cheatham's Division, and joined here in resisting the attack of Cleburne's Division from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. It held the position occupied by the regiment on the 20th from daylight until ordered to retire in the evening. The regiment lost 100 men killed, wounded, and missing in the battle, 33 percent of its aggregate strength, and its commander, Colonel Hiram Strong of Dayton, Ohio, was mortally wounded on Saturday the 19th.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States