66th Ohio Infantry

The 66th Ohio Infantry arrived in position just north of Little Round Top at 5 p.m. on July 1. On the morning of July 2 it moved to Culp's Hill and entrenched. At daybreak on July 3 it advanced over the Union breastworks, with its right here and its left at the tablet below, and opened an enfilading fire upon the enemy. The regiment was mustered into service for three years on Dec. 17, 1861, reenlisted as a Veteran Regiment on Dec. 16, 1863, and was mustered out on July 15, 1865. Total enrolled was 1334; 117 were killed, 167 died, and 320 were wounded. Its principal engagements included Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Dumfries, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Ringgold, Dug Gap in Rocky Face, Resaca, New Hope Church, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, and Savannah.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania · United States