40th Ohio Infantry

On Nov. 24, 1863, the 40th Ohio Infantry, under Col. Jacob E. Taylor in Whitaker's Brigade, Cruft's Division, 4th Corps, took part with its brigade in the assault on Lookout Mountain. On the 25th it advanced to Rossville Gap 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., helped turn the left flank of the Confederate line, and forced it from its position on the ridge. The line then pushed northward along the summit to join the troops that had carried the ridge at the center. On the 26th the regiment joined the pursuit to Ringgold. Its strength in action was 16 officers and 333 men, and its casualties were 1 officer and 11 men killed, 1 officer and 15 men wounded, and 2 men missing.

Chattanooga, Tennessee · United States