The 13th Ohio Infantry, part of Samuel Beatty's Brigade in Woods Division of the 4th Corps under Colonel Dwight Jarvis, Jr., participated on November 23, 1863, in the advance on Orchard Knob, then moved with the brigade in the storming of Missionary Ridge, pushing forward during the assault from the rear line to the front in the face of severe fire, reaching the crest about this point among the first, moving to the left on the summit, and assisting in capturing four guns; its casualties were 2 men killed, 1 officer and 17 men wounded, and 1 man missing, for a total of 21.