SOLD!!!
Offered is a wonderful badge worn by a veteran of Company A,
70^th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 
The badge has two ladders and a shield as the bottom drop.  Written on the top two ladders is “CO.A – 70”
OHIO”.   Written on the shield drop is “VOL. INF. –
SHILOH – Apr. 6 & 7  1862”.  The shield also has a pair of crossed muskets
on it. 

From Dyer's Compendium

70th Regiment Infantry. Organized at
West Union, Ohio, October 14, 1861. Moved to Ripley, Ohio, December 25, thence
to Paducah, Ky., February 17, 1862. Attached to District of Paducah, Ky., to
March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862.
3rd Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to November. 1862. 3rd
Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old),
Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of
Memphis, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th
Army Corps, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to March,
1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade,
4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 15th
Army Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, to
July, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to August, 1865.

SERVICE.--Moved from Paducah, Ky., to Savannah, Tenn., March 6-10, 1862.
Expedition to Yellow Creek and occupation of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March
14-17. Crump's Landing April 4. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on
and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Russell House, near Corinth, May
17. Occupation of Corinth May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., via LaGrange, Grand
Junction and Holly Springs June 1-July 21. Duty at Memphis till November.
Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, operations on the Mississippi Central
Railroad, November, 1862, to January, 1863. Moved to LaGrange, Tenn., and duty
there till March 7, and at Moscow till June 9. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss.,
June 9. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July
4-10. Bolton's Ferry, Black River, July 4-6. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp
at Big Black till September 26. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence march to
Chattanooga, Tenn., September 26-November 20. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 23-25. Mission Ridge November 25. March to
relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 28. Regiment reenlisted
January 1, 1864. Veterans on furlough February. Duty at Scottsboro, Ala., till
May. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May
8-13. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May
18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New
Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and
against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Brush Mountain June 15. Assault on
Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie
River July 5-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.
Ezra Chapel July 28 (Hood's second sortie). Flank movement on Jonesboro August
25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September
2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September
29-November 3. Reconnoissance from Rome on Cave Springs Road and skirmishes
October 12-13. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Statesboro December 4.
Near Bryan Court House December 8. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Fort
McAllister December 13. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865.
Columbia, S.C., February 16-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21.
Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of
Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army.
March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 30. Grand Review May
24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, thence to Little Rock, Ark., and duty there
till August. Mustered out August 14, 1865. Regiment lost during service 5
Officers and 70 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 188
Enlisted men by disease. Total 265.