Co. K 3rd Regiment O.V.I.

Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, on June 20, 1861 to serve three years; mustered out on June 21, 1864, by reason of expiration of term of service. It first engaged the enemy at Middle Creek Fork, West Virginia. Its most important encounter was at Perryville, Kentucky, where the 3rd stood its ground, until more than one third of it's members had fallen, dead or injured. General Rousseau rode up to the regiment and thanked it in the name of the army for it's gallant conduct. He said, "You stood in that withering fire like men of iron." The 3rd remained in constant active service until it was attacked and captured while crossing Sand Mountain, in North Georgia, by General Forrest's large cavalry force, in May, 1863. The men were paroled and later exchanged, but participated in no more engagements.

Roster of Company K

Information from Roster of Ohio Soldiers 1861 -1866, Vol.II; and The Union Army, vol.2.
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