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121st Ohio Infantry

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Tennessee
· John Beatty's Brigade - Davis' Division
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On Nov. 25, 1863, the 121st Ohio Infantry, under Maj. John Yager in John Beatty's Brigade, Davis' Division, 14th Corps, served with Davis' Division as it concentrated at Caldwell's Crossing opposite the mouth of the west Chickamauga before the arrival of Gen. Sherman's forces. It covered the crossing of that command over the Tennessee on the night of Nov. 23 and the forenoon of the 24th. Throughout the battle of the 25th it acted as a reserve to Sherman, but its infantry was not engaged. On the 26th the regiment skirmished heavily beyond Chickamauga Station, and the next day near Ringgold. Its casualties were 3 men wounded.
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