Peter Walter

UNION OHIO VOLUNTEERS

60th Regiment, Ohio Infantry

Organized at Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, February to April, 1864.

Left State for Alexandria, Va., April 21, 1864. Attached to 2nd

Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to

September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to July,

1865.

SERVICE.-Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River, Va., May 3-June

15, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7. Spottsylvania May 8-12.

Ny River May 10. Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the

Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Ox Ford May 23-24. On line

of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-

12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of

Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion July 30,

1864. Six-Mile House, Weldon Railroad, August 18-21. Poplar Springs

Church September 29-October 2. Reconnoissance on Vaughan and Squirrel

Level Road October 8. Boydton Plank Road, Ratcher's Run, October 27-

28. (Co. "K" organized November and December, 1864); 9th and 10th

Independent Companies Sharpshooters as Companies "G" and "H," February

25, 1865.) Fort Stedman March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-

April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of

Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Surrender of Lee and his

army at Appomattox Court House April 9. Moved to Alexandria, Va.,

April 21-28. Duty there and at Washington, D. C., till July. Grand

Review at Washington May 23. Mustered out July 28, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 110 Enlisted men killed

and mortally wounded and 130 Enlisted men by disease. Total 243.