The 101st Ohio Infantry was organized at Monroeville, Ohio, and mustered in for three years service on August 30, 1862, under the command of Colonel Leander Stem.
Operations in eastern Tennessee, March 15-April 22.
Moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and duty there until June.
The regiment lost a total of 236 men during service; 9 officers and 86 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 140 enlisted men died of disease.
Colonel Leander Stem - killed in action at the battle of Stones River
Colonel Isaac Minor Kirby - commanded at the battle of Stones River as major
Lieutenant Colonel Moses F. Wooster - commanded at the battle of Stones River
Lieutenant Colonel John Messer - commanded at the battle of Chickamauga
Lieutenant Colonel Bedan B. McDonald - commanded at the battle of Stones River as captain, at the battle of Chickamauga as major, and at the battle of Nashville as lieutenant colonel
Captain Leonard D. Smith - commanded at the battle of Chickamauga
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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.