177th Ohio Infantry

The 177th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 177th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service
The 177th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio and mustered in for one year service on October 9, 1864 under the command of Colonel Arthur T. Wilcox.

The regiment was attached to Defenses of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Department of the Cumberland, to January 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio, and Department of North Carolina, to June 1865.

The 177th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service June 24, 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina and was discharged July 7, 1865.

Detailed service
Ordered to Nashville, Tenn.; thence to Tullahoma, Tenn., and garrison duty there under General Milroy until November 30. Ordered to Murfreesboro, Tenn., November 30, arriving there December 2. Siege of Murfreesboro December 5-12, 1864. Wilkinson's Pike, near Murfreesboro, December 7. Near Murfreesboro December 13-14. Ordered to Clifton, Tenn., and duty there until January 16, 1865. Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Fort Fisher, N.C., January 16-February 7. Operations against Hoke February 11-14. Near Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Fort Anderson February 18-19. Town Creek February 19-20. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21, Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh and Greensboro until June.

Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 84 enlisted men during service; 2 killed and 82 due to disease.

Commanders

 * Colonel Arthur T. Wilcox
 * Lieutenant Colonel William H. Zimmerman - commanded during the Carolinas Campaign