7th Ohio Infantry.
Candy's Brig., Geary's Div.,
7th Ohio Infantry.
Candy's Brig.,Geary's Div., 12th Corps.
Col. Wm. R. Creighton. Lieut. Col. Orrin J. Crane.
Capt. Ernst J. Krieger.
Nov. 25, 1863.
Nov. 24th the regiment took part in the storming of Lookout Mountain. During the engagement Col. Creighton commanded the brigade, Col. Candy being disabled. Nov. 25th the regiment, with its brigade, participated in the assault on Missionary Ridge, reaching the summit about this point. Nov. 27th the regiment assaulted Taylor's Ridge at Ringgold. Lieut. Col. Crane, Col. Creighton, commanding the brigade, Adjutant Baxter, Lieuts. Cryne and I.C. Jones were killed and eight officers wounded, leaving only one uninjured.
Strength in action: 14 Officers, 206 Men.
Casualties: Killed, 5 Officers, 13 men; Wounded, 8 Officers, 48 Men; Total, 74.
Marker is at the intersection of South Crest Road and East View Drive, on the right when traveling south on South Crest Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
