Investment Grade Civil War 4th Corps Ladder Badge 49th Ohio James M. Dennison

Description

Identified Civil War 4th Corps Ladder Badge of James M. Dennison, 49th Ohio Infantry Regiment, with 4th Corps Badge symbol.  Has original hallmarks on back, original pin, all complete and very good condition.
Ladder Badges are highly collectible and good investments for Civil War enthusiasts and collectors alike.
From a recently acquired collection of exceptionally unique, desirable ladder badges.
It is uncommon to find these ladder badges with Corps Badge symbols, this recently acquired collection of nine ladder badges has in common feature that each has its Corps Badge symbol stamped on the badge.
This example is identified by name, company and regiment, as well as sporting the Corps Badge of the 4
th
Corps.
James M. Dennison
enlisted in August of 1861
, and mustered out November 30th, 1865.
He took part in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Stones River, Chickamauga,  Missionary Ridge, Resaca,
Kennesaw
Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Franklin, and Nashville.
The 4
th
Corp was part of the Army of the Ohio for 1861 and the better part of 1862, and the duration of the war was part of the Army of the Cumberland.
The 49th Ohio
was the first Union unit to enter Kentucky, after Confederate forces allegedly violated Kentucky's neutrality.
BATTLE HONORS:  Shiloh, Corinth, Stones River, Chickamauga,  Missionary Ridge, Resaca,
Kennesaw
Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Franklin, and Nashville
.
The 4
th
Corp was commanded by General
Gordon Granger
and its division commanders were
Philip Sheridan
,
Charles Cruft
, and
Thomas J. Wood
. It served with distinction in the famous unordered attack on
Missionary Ridge
at
Chattanooga
, and served in the
Knoxville
and
Atlanta
Campaigns. During
John B. Hood
's Franklin-Nashville Campaign, General
William T. Sherman
left the IV (and
XXIII Corps
), under the overall command of General
George H. Thomas
, to defend Tennessee, and the corps was heavily engaged in the battles at
Spring Hill
,
Franklin
, and
Nashville
. When the force Thomas commanded at Nashville was divided, he was left in command only of the IV Corps and cavalry under
James H. Wilson
and
George Stoneman
. The IV Corps was ordered to block the mountain passes and prevent a potential retreat by the Confederate army into the mountains.
Detailed service
Moved to Camp Dennison, Ohio, September 10, 1861; thence to Louisville, Ky., September 21. Moved to Camp Nevin, Ky., October 10. Occupation of Munfordsville December 10, 1861. Duty at Munfordville until February 1862. Advance to Bowling Green, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn., February 14 – March 3. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 16 – April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6–7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29 – May 30 March to Battle Creek, Ala., June 10 – July 18, and duty there until August 20. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 20 – September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1–15. Lawrenceburg, Ky., October 8. Dog Walk October 9. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16 – November 7, and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26–30. Battle of Stones River December 30–31, 1862 and January 1–3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Christiana and Middleton March 6. Tullahoma Campaign June 22 – July 7. Liberty Gap June 22–27. Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 – September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19–20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24 – November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27. Orchard Knob November 23–24. Missionary Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26–27. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28 – December 8. Operations in eastern Tennessee until February 1864. At Cleveland, Tenn., until April. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8–13. Battle of Resaca May 14–15. Adairsville May 17. Near Kingston May 18–19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22–25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 – June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 – July 2. Pine Hill June 11–14. Lost Mountain June 15–17. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5–17. Peachtree Creek July 19–20. Siege of Atlanta July 22 – August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25–30. Battle of Jonesboro August 25–30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31 – September 1. Lovejoy's Station September 2–6. Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29 – November 3. Nashville Campaign November–December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24–27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15–16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17–28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there until March 1865. Operations in eastern Tennessee March 15 – April 22. Duty at Nashville, Tenn., until June. Moved to New Orleans, La., June 16; thence to Texas. Duty at Green Lake, San Antonio and Victoria until November.
Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 363 men during service; 14 officers and 188 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 160 enlisted men died of disease.