21ST 0HIO INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL

THIS REGIMENT, LT. COL. DWELLA M. STOUGHTON COMMANDING, ENGAGED THE ENEMY LATE SEPT 19TH, 1863, EAST OF DYER’S FIELD. BEING ARMED CHIEFLY WITH COLT’S REVOLVING RIFLES, IT MAINTAINED FOR A TIME, AN EXTENDED LINE SUPPORTED ONLY BY DETACHMENTS OF OTHER REGIMENTS. ABOUT 2:30PM IT WAS RELIEVED BY COL. VAN DERVEER’S TROOPS TO REPLENISH AMMUNITION. RETURNING TO THE LINE IT OCCUPIED THIS PLACE, MAINTAINING IT BY HARD FIGHTING TIL AFTER SUNDOWN WHEN TROOPS TO THE RIGHT WERE WITHDRAWN WITHOUT NOTICE AND BEING NEARLY SURROUNDED, WITH AMMUNITION EXHAUSTED, A PART OF THE REGIMENT WAS CAPTURED.
NO. ENGAGED, OFFICER 22: ENLISTED MEN 539:
LOSS, KILLED 28: WOUNDED 84: CAPTURED OR MISSING 131: TOTAL 243.