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On Nov. 25, 1863, the 64th Ohio Infantry, under Colonel Alexander McIlvain in Harker's Brigade, Sheridan's Division, Fourth Corps, took part with its brigade in the operations of Nov. 23 and in the assault on Missionary Ridge on the 25th, reaching the summit at this point. It immediately joined the pursuit, advancing first to the next ridge on the east, from which the enemy was driven, and later during the night to the Chickamauga River at Bird's Mill, before returning from that point during the afternoon of the 26th. Its casualties were 1 officer and 1 man killed, and 5 officers and 25 men wounded, for a total of 32.
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