2nd Regiment Infantry (3 Years). Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, July 17 to September 20, 1861. Left State for Kentucky September 4. Operations in vicinity of Olympian Springs, Ky., till November. Action at West Liberty October 23. Olympian Springs November 4. Ivy Mountain November 8. Piketown November 8-9. Moved to Louisville, Ky., thence to Bacon Creek, Ky., and duty there until February, 1862. Attached to 9th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, October to December, 1861. 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862.
Strength - 460 engaged. 31 killed, 77 wounded, 2 missing.
Commander - John Kell. Captain, Co. F, 1st Ohio Infantry (three month regiment), April 17, 1861. Honorably mustered out August, 16th, 1861. Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Ohio Infantry, August 27th, 1861. Colonel, 2nd Ohio Infantry, December 24th, 1862. Gun shot wound, Stones River, Tennessee, December 31st, 1862. Born in April, 1817, Germany. Died on December 31st, 1862. Killed in action, Stones River, Tennessee. Captain, Company I, 3rd Ohio Infantry during the Mexican-American War. Tailor and postmaster. Resided Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, and Franklin, Warren County, Ohio. Buried at Woodhill Cemetery, Franklin, Ohio (Section 4, Lot 17).
Weapons - Pattern 1853 Enfield (.577 caliber)
Medal of Honor Winner - William Surles. Rank and Organization: Private, Company G, 2nd Ohio Infantry. Place and Date: At Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862. Entered Service At: Steubenville, Ohio. Born: February 24, 1845, Steubenville, Ohio. Date Of Issue: August 19, 1891. Citation: In the hottest part of the fire he stepped in front of his colonel* to shield him from the enemy's fire.
* Actually Major Anson McCook who was later colonel of the regiment.
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