The 77th Ohio Infantry was organized in Marietta, Ohio, beginning October 28, 1861, and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Jesse Hildebrand.
The regiment was attached to District of Paducah, Kentucky, to March 1862. 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to May 1862. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July 1862. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tennessee, to August 1862. Alton, Illinois, to August 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to January 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, VII Corps, Department of Arkansas, to April 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, VII Corps, to May 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, VII Corps, to February 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, XIII Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to June 1865. Department of Texas, to March 1866.
The 77th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Brownsville, Texas, on March 8, 1866.
Detailed service
Left State for Paducah, KY, February 17, 1862.
Moved from Paducah, KY, to Savannah, TN, March 6–10, 1862.
Expedition to Yellow Creek, MS, and occupation of Pittsburg Landing, TN, March 14–17, 1862.
Expedition to Eastport, MS, and Chickasaw, AL, April 1, 1862.
Moved to Mobile May 12, then to Texas, June 1–9, 1865.
Duty at Brazos Santiago and Brownsville and in the Department of Texas, until March 1866.
Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 280 men during service; 2 officers and 68 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 208 enlisted men died of disease.
Commanders
Colonel Jesse Hildebrand - brigade commander at the Battle of Shiloh; died April 18, 1863
Colonel William B. Mason - mustered out December 31, 1864 on expiration of term of service[1]
Lieutenant Colonel William E. Stevens - Promoted to colonel on March 7, 1866, but not mustered at that rank; mustered out with regiment on March 8, 1866
^Ohio Roster Commission, Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865, vol. 6 (70th—86th Regiments—Infantry), part 1 (Akron, Ohio: The Werner Ptg. and Mfg. Co., 1888), p. 299.
Sources
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865, Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission (Akron, OH: Werner Co.), 1886–1895.
Reid, Whitelaw. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers (Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin), 1868. ISBN9781154801965
Attribution
This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.