Campaigns
Second Bull Run

Army of Virginia: Major General John Pope
First Corps: Major General Franz Sigel
Third Division: Brigadier General Carl Schurz
First Brigade: Brigadier General Henry Bohlen
                    Colonel Alexander Schimmelfennig
61st Ohio Infantry: Colonel Newton Schleich
                             Lieutenant Colonel Stephen McGroarty
74th Pennsylvania Infantry            
8th West Virginia Infantry            



Chancellorsville

Army of the Potomac: Major General Joseph Hooker
Eleventh Corps: Major General Oliver O. Howard
Third Division: Major General Carl Schurz
First Brigade: Brigadier General Alexander Schimmelfennig
61st Ohio Infantry: Colonel Stephen McGroarty
82nd Illinois Infantry                                     
68th New York Infantry                                
157th New York Infantry                               
74th Pennsylvania Infantry                             



Gettysburg

Army of the Potomac: Major General George Meade
Eleventh Corps: Major General Oliver O. Howard
                        Major General Carl Schurz (July 1)  
Third Division: Major General Carl Schurz
                       Brigadier General Alexander Schimmelfennig (July 1)
First Brigade: Brigadier General Alexander Schimmelfennig
                    Colonel George von Amsberg (July 1)
61st Ohio Infantry: Colonel Stephen McGroarty
82nd Illinois Infantry                                     
45th New York Infantry                                 
157th New York Infantry                               
74th Pennsylvania Infantry                             



Chattanooga

Union Forces: Major General Ulysses S. Grant
Army of the Cumberland: Major General George Thomas
Eleventh and Twelfth Corps: Major General Joseph Hooker
Eleventh Corps: Major General Oliver O. Howard
Third Division: Major General Carl Schurz
First Brigade: Brigadier General Hector Tyndale
61st Ohio Infantry: Colonel Stephen McGroarty
82nd Illinois Infantry                                     
101st Illinois Infantry                                    
45th New York Infantry                                
143rd New York Infantry                              
82nd Ohio Infantry                                      



Atlanta Campaign

Union Forces: Major General William T. Sherman
Army of the Cumberland: Major General George Thomas
Twentieth Corps: Major General Joseph Hooker
                          Brigadier General Alpheus Williams
                          Major General Henry Slocum
First Division: Brigadier General Alpheus Williams
                     Brigadier General Joseph Knipe
Third Brigade: Colonel James S. Robinson
                      Colonel Horace Broughton
61st Ohio Infantry: Colonel Stephen McGroarty
                            Captain John Garrett
82nd Illinois Infantry                                     
101st Illinois Infantry                                     
45th New York Infantry                                
143rd New York Infantry                             
82nd Ohio Infantry                                      
31st Wisconsin Infantry 

                              
Savannah and Carolina Campaigns
Union Forces: Major General William T. Sherman
Army of Georgia: Major General Henry Slocum
Twentieth Corps: Major General Alpheus Williams
                          Major General Joseph A. Mower
First Division: Brigadier General Nathaniel Jackson
                     Major General Alpheus Williams
Third Brigade: Brigadier General James Robinson
61st Ohio Infantry: Captain John Garrett
                            Colonel Stephen McGroarty
82nd Illinois Infantry
101st Illinois Infantry
82nd Ohio Infantry
31st Wisconsin Infantry

* The 61st Ohio was consolidated with the 82nd Ohio in March, 1865.
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