Union Regimental Histories
Ohio
1st
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, and
mustered in August 6, 1861. Ordered to the Kanawha Valley. W. Va. Attached to Cox's
Brigade, District of the Kanawha, W. Va., to September, 1861. Benham's Brigade, District
of the Kanawha, W. Va., to October, 1861. 1st Brigade, District of the Kanawha, W. Va., to
March, 1862. 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division, W. Va., to August, 1862. 1st Brigade, Kanawha
Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Kanawha
Division, W. Va., Dept. of Ohio, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 8th Army
Corps, Middle Department, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Scammon's Division, Army of West
Virginia, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864.
Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia, to July, 1864. Artillery Brigade, West
Virginia, to August, 1864. Artillery Reserve Division, Harper's Ferry, W. Va., to April,
1865. 3rd Brigade; Hardins' Division, 22nd Army Corps, Defenses of Washington, to June,
1865.
SERVICE.--Action at Carnifex Ferry, W. Va.,
September 10, 1861. Moved to Camp Anderson and Big Sewell Mountain September 15-23, thence
to Camp Anderson October 6-9. Operations in the Kanawha Valley and New River Region
October 19-November 16. Moved to Gauley and duty there until May, 1862. Advance on
Virginia & Tennessee Railroad April 22-May 1. Princeton May 11, 16 and 17. At Flat Top
Mountain until August. Movement to Washington, D.C., August 15-24. Maryland Campaign
September 6-22. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Moved to
Clear Springs October 8, thence to Hancock and march to the Kanawha Valley, W. Va.,
October 9-November 17, via Clarksburg, Summerville, Gauley Bridge and Kanawha Falls. Duty
at Kanawha Falls (Falls of the Great Kanawha) until March, 1863, and at Charleston until
April, 1864. Fayetteville May 17-20, 1863 (Section). Operations against Morgan's Raid in
Ohio July 2-26, 1863. Scammon's Demonstration from Kanawha Valley December 8-25. Lewisburg
and Greenbrier River December 12, 1863. Crook's Raid on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad
May 3-19, 1864. Battle of Cloyd's Mountain May 9. New River Bridge May 10. Salt Pond Gap,
Pond Mountain Gap, May 13. Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg May 26-July 1. Lexington June
11. Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June 17-18. Buford's Gap June 20. Salem June 21. Moved
to Shenandoah Valley July 12-15. Action at Bunker Hill July 19. Stephenson's Depot,
Carter's Farm, July 20. Battle of Winchester July 24. Retreat to Williamsport, Md.; thence
ordered to Martinsburg, W. Va., and duty there guarding stores until March, 1865. Moved to
Harper's Ferry, thence to Washington, D.C., and duty in the Defenses of that city until
June. Mustered out June 26, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 6
Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 15 Enlisted men by disease. Total 22.
2nd
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Camp Chase and mustered in
August 7, 1861. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo., August 15; thence to Jefferson City, Mo., and
duty there until October 4. Attached to Army of the West and Dept. of Missouri to January,
1862. 5th Brigade, Army of Southwest Missouri, to March, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division,
Army of Southwest Missouri, to May, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Army of Southwest
Missouri, to July, 1862. District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to January,
1863. Artillery, 12th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to July, 1863.
Artillery, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and
Dept. of the Gulf to November, 1863. Plaquemine, La., District of Baton Rouge, La., Dept.
of the Gulf, to March, 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps, to June, 1864.
Defenses of New Orleans, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to August, 1864. Reserve Artillery, Dept.
of the Gulf, to February, 1865. Post of Ship Island, Dept. of the Gulf, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Fremont's advance on Springfield,
Mo., October 4-27, 1861. Duty at Springfield until November 8. Moved to Rolla, Mo., and
duty there until February 24, 1862. Curtis' Campaign against Price in Missouri and
Arkansas February-March. Battles of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 6-8. March to Batesville over
Ozark Mountains April 5-May 8, thence to Helena, Ark., May 25-July 13. Duty at Helena,
Ark., until March, 1863. Expedition from Helena to St. Francis and Little Rivers March
5-12. Madison March 9. Ordered to Milliken's Bend, La., March 20, and duty there until
April. Movements on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson
May 1. Fourteen-Mile Creek May 12-13. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of
Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson,
Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. At Big Black until August. Ordered to New
Orleans, La., August 13; duty there and at Plaquemine, La., until March, 1864. Western
Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 30, 1863. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22, 1864.
Advance from Franklin to Alexandria, La., March 14-26. Middle Bayou May 8. Retreat to
Morganza May 13-20. Duty at Plaquemine until February, 1865, and at Ship Island, Miss.,
until July. Mustered out July 21, 1865.
Battery lost during service 2 Enlisted men
killed and 45 Enlisted men by disease. Total 47.
2nd Battery
Light Artillery (National Guard)
Organized at Camp Cleveland, Ohio, for sixty
days' service October 17, 1864. Guard duty at Johnson's Island, Sandusky, Ohio, until
December. Mustered out December 22, 1864.
3rd
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Canton, Minerva and Massillon,
Ohio, November 9, 1861, to March 15, 1862. Ordered to Pittsburg Landing. Tenn., March 15,
1862. Attached to 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. Artillery, 6th
Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to November, 1862. 3rd Division, Left Wing 13th Army
Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 17th Army
Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to November, 1864. Artillery Reserve, Nashville, Tenn.,
Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. Garrison Fort Donelson, Tenn., 5th Sub-District,
District of Middle Tennessee, to July, 1865.
SERVICE--Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7,
1862. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Duty at Corinth until
November. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November,
1862, to January, 1863. Reconnaissance to LaGrange November 8-9. Moved to Memphis, Tenn.,
January, 1863, and duty there until February 21. Moved to Lake Providence, La., February
21, thence to Milliken's Bend, La. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April
25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. (Reserve). Forty Hills, Hankinson's Ferry, May 3-4.
Battle of Raymond May 12. Jackson May 14. Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg May
18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Duty at
Vicksburg until February, 1864. Expedition to Canton and Brownsville October 14-20, 1863.
Bogue Chitto Creek October 17. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2, 1864. Clinton, Miss.,
March 26. At Vicksburg until April 4. March to Huntsville, Ala., thence to Ackworth, Ga,,
April 4-June 8. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 8-September 8. Operations about Marietta and
against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Bushy Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw
June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Howell's Ferry July 5.
Leggett's or Bald Hill July 20-21. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July
22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August
31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations in North Georgia and North
Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., and duty there
and at Fort Donelson, Tenn., and vicinity as mounted Infantry until June, 1865. Ordered to
Camp Taylor, Ohio, for muster out. Mustered out August 1, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Enlisted man
killed and 57 Enlisted men by disease. Total 58.
4th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Cincinnati, Ohio, and mustered
in August 17, 1861. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., August 21, 1861, thence to Jefferson City and
to Sedalia, Mo., September 30. Attached to Army of the West and Dept. of Missouri to
February, 1862. 1st Division Army of Southwest Missouri to May, 1862. Artillery, 3rd
Division, Army of Southwest Missouri to July, 1862. District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of
Missouri, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 11th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps, Dept.
of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Sherman's Yazoo
Expedition, to January, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the
Tennessee, August, 1864.
SERVICE.--Fremont's Campaign against
Springfield, Mo., October 13-27. Duty at Springfield until November 8. Moved to Rolla,
Mo., November 8, and duty there until February, 1862. Curtis' advance on Springfield, Mo.,
February 2-13. Campaign against Price in Missouri and Arkansas February and March. Battles
of Pea Ridge March 6-8. March to Batesville, Ark., April 5-May 8, and to Helena, Ark., May
25-July 14. Duty there until October. Expedition up Yazoo August 16-27. Capture of Steamer
"Fair Play" August 17. Milliken's Bend August 18. Haines Bluff August 21.
Bolivar Landing August 22. Greenville August 23. Ordered to St. Genevieve, Mo., October 7,
thence to Pilot Knob, Mo., and duty there until November 11. Moved to St. Genevieve,
thence to Camp Steele, and duty there until December 22. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition
December 22, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28. Chickasaw Bluff
December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10, 1863. Assault and capture of
Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, La., January 17-23.
Duty at Perkins' Plantation and Ballard's Farm until April 2. Expedition to Greenville,
Black Bayou and Deer Creek April 2-14. Demonstrations on Haines and Snyder's Bluff April
26-May 2. Movement to join army in rear of Vicksburg, Miss., via Richmond and Grand Gulf
May 2-14. Battle of Jackson, Miss., May 14. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on
Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Expedition to Greenville June 25-July 1. Gaines' Landing June 28.
Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July
10-17. Duty at Big Black until September. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence march to
Chattanooga, Tenn., September 22-November 21. Operations on Memphis & Charleston
Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Cherokee Station October 21. Cane Creek October 26.
Bear Creek (Tuscumbia) October 27. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Battles
of Lookout Mountain November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. At Larkinsville and
Woodville, Ala., until May, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to August 14.
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. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August
14. Ezra Chapel, Hood's 2nd sortie, July 28. Ordered to rear August 14, and Non-Veterans
mustered out August 29, 1864. Veterans and Recruits attached to Artillery Reserve,
Nashville, Tenn., attached to 10th Ohio Battery until March. 1865. Transferred to 10th
Ohio Battery March 19, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 5
Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 27 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 34.
5th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at St. Louis, Mo., under authority
of General Fremont August 31, 1861, and mustered in at St. Louis, Mo., as 5th Ohio Battery
September 22, 1861. Moved to Jefferson City, Mo., October 11, and duty there until March
7, 1862. Attached to Dept. of Missouri until March, 1862. Artillery, 6th Division, Army of
the Tennessee, to July, 1862. Artillery, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to
November, 1862. Artillery, 6th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the
Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863.
Artillery, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Artillery, 13th Division, 16th
Army Corps, to August, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to November,
1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Arkansas, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to May, 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 7th
Army Corps, to October, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Ordered to Pittsburg Landing,
Tenn., March 7, 1862. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth,
Miss., April 29-May 30. Duty at Corinth, Miss., until November. Battle of Corinth October
3-4. Moved to Grand Junction November 2. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations
on the Mississippi Central Railroad November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Moved to
Moscow, Tenn., and duty there until March 8. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., and duty there until
May. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 25-July 4.
Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Assault on Jackson July
12. Ordered to Helena, Ark., July 25. Steele's Expedition to Little Rock, Ark., August
3-September 10. Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Duty at Little Rock
as Garrison Artillery until July, 1865. Expedition from Little Rock to Little Red River
August 6-16, 1864. Expedition from Little Rock in pursuit of Shelby August 27-September 6,
1864. Non-Veterans mustered out September 20, 1864. Veterans and Recruits at Little Rock
until July, 1865. Mustered out July 31, 1865.
Battery lost during service 5 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 36 Enlisted men by disease. Total 41.
6th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Camp Buckingham, Mansfield,
Ohio, November 20, 1861. Mustered in December 10, 1861. Ordered to Louisville, Ky.,
December 15; thence to Nolin River, Ky., and duty at Camp Dick Robinson until January 12,
1862. Attached to 5th Division, Army of Ohio, December, 1861, to March, 1862. Artillery
Reserve, Army of Ohio, to June, 1862. Artillery, 6th Division, Army of Ohio, to September,
1862. 20th Brigade, 6th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade,
1st Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863.
Artillery, 1st Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863.
Artillery, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to July, 1864. Artillery
Brigade, 4th Army Corps, to June, 1865. Dept. of Louisiana to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Moved to Columbia, Ky., January
12, 1862; thence to Jimtown and Camp Green and duty blockading Cumberland River until
March 14. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., March 15-19. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 25-April
10. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Buell's Campaign in North
Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. At Stevenson, Ala., June 18-August 21. March
to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into
Kentucky October 1-17. Harrodsburg, Ky., October 11. Danville October 14. March to
Nashville, Tenn., October 17-November 6, and duty there until December 26. Advance on
Murfreesboro December 26-30. Lavergne December 26-27. Battle of Stone's River December
30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Reconnaissance to
Nolensville and Versailles January 13-15. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June
23-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland
Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22.
Lookout Valley September 7-8. Occupation of Chattanooga September 9. Lee and Gordon's
Mills September 11-13. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Rossville Gap September 21.
Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November
23-27. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-25. Garrison, Fort Wood, and in Reserve.
Reenlisted December 12, 1863. Veterans on furlough January, 1864. Non-Veterans attached to
20th Ohio Battery. Reconnaissance of Dalton February 22-27, 1864. Rocky Faced Ridge and
Buzzard's Roost Gap February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8.
Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9.
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 Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June
11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp
Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of
Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro
August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood Into Alabama October
3-23. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., October 23. Temporarily attached to 23rd Army Corps.
Nashville Campaign November-December. In front of Columbia November 24-27. Spring Hill
November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit
of Hood December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there until February 1.
Expedition to Eastport, Miss., February 1-9. Operations in East Tennessee March-April. At
Nashville until June. Moved to New Orleans, La., June 19, and duty in the Dept. of
Louisiana until August. Mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio, September 1, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 8
Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 34 Enlisted men by disease. Total 43.
7th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and
mustered in January 1, 1862. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., March 18; thence to Pittsburg
Landing, Tenn., April 6. Attached to 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to June, 1862.
Artillery, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee and District of Memphis, Tenn., to
September, 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862.
Artillery, 4th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to
December, 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. Artillery, 4th
Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, to
August. 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to April, 1864. Artillery, 1st
Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1864. Artillery, Post of Vicksburg, Miss.,
District of Vicksburg, Miss., to November, 1864. Artillery Reserve, District of Vicksburg,
Miss., to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Advance on and siege of Corinth,
Miss., April 29-May 30, 1862. March to Memphis, Tenn., via Grand Junction, Lagrange and
Holly Springs June 1-July 21. At Memphis until September 6. March to Bolivar, Tenn.,
September 6-16. Battle of Hatchie River, Metamora, October 5. Grant's Central Mississippi
Campaign November-December. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., and duty there until May, 1863.
Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., May 13. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on
Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July
10-17. Assault on Jackson July 12. Ordered to Natchez, Miss., August 12, and duty there
until November 11. Expedition to Harrisonburg, La., September 1-8. Moved to Vicksburg
November 11 and camp at Big Black until February, 1864. Meridian Campaign February 3-March
2. Champion's Hill February 4. Duty at Vicksburg until May. Expedition to Yazoo City May
4-22. Benton May 7 and 9. Duty at Vicksburg until January 3, 1865. At Jackson and
Hazelhurst as Infantry until July. Mustered out August 11, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Enlisted man
killed and 1 Officer and 31 Enlisted men by disease. Total 33.
8th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and
mustered in March 11, 1862. Moved to Benton Barracks, Mo.; thence to Savannah, Tenn.,
March 22-28, 1862. Served Unattached, Army of the Tennessee, to April, 1862. Artillery,
5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to April, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Army of the
Tennessee, to July, 1862. Artillery, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to
November, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, District of Memphis, Right Wing 13th Army Corps
(Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, Sherman's Yazoo
Expedition, to January, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the
Tennessee, to September, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to April, 1864.
Maltby's Brigade, District of Vicksburg, to November, 1864. Artillery Reserve, District of
Vicksburg, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April
6-7, 1862. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Memphis,
Tenn., June 1-17, and duty there until November, 1862. Grant's Central Mississippi
Campaign November-December. "Tallahatchie March" November 26-December 12.
Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December
26-28. Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10, 1863.
Assault on and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's
Point, La., January 17, and duty there until March. Expedition to Rolling Fork via Muddy,
Steele's and Black Bayous and Deer Creek March 14-27. Moved to Milliken's Bend and duty
there until April. Demonstrations on Haines and Drumgould's Bluffs April 29-May 2. Moved
to Join army in rear of Vicksburg via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2-14. Jackson, Miss.,
May 14. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance
Jackson, Miss., May 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Duty at Vicksburg until February,
1864. Expedition from Vicksburg to Sunnyside Landing. Ark.. January 10-16, 1864. Duty in
the Defenses of Vicksburg until May 20, 1865. Expedition to Central Mississippi Railroad
November 28-December 2, 1864. Moved to Natchez, Miss., May 20, 1865, and duty there until
June 28. At Vicksburg until July 20. Mustered out August 7, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Enlisted man
killed and 22 Enlisted men by disease. Total 23.
8th Battery
Light Artillery (National Guard)
Organized at Johnson's Island, Ohio, for
sixty days' service August 15, 1864. Guard duty at Johnson's Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio.
Mustered out October 17, 1864. Reorganized for four months' service December 19, 1864.
Guard duty at Johnson's Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio. Mustered out April 19, 1865.
9th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Camp Wood, Cleveland, Ohio, and
mustered in October 11, 1861. Moved to Louisville, Ky., December 17-20, and duty at Camp
Gilbert, Louisville, until January 11, 1862. Attached to 12th Brigade, 1st Division, Army
of the Ohio, to March, 1862. 24th Brigade, 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October,
1862. Unattached, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to December. 1862. Artillery, 3rd
Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to February, 1863. Coburn's Brigade, Baird's
Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. Artillery, 1st
Division, Reserve Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Coburn's Unattached
Brigade, Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 12th Army
Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. Unassigned, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps,
Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Defense Nashville & Chattanooga
Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Bridgeport,
Ala., Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--March to Somerset, Ky., January
11-17, 1862. March from Somerset to Loudon, thence to Cumberland Ford, January 30-February
16. Reconnaissance in force under General Carter to Cumberland Gap March 21-23. At
Cumberland Ford March 23 to June 7. March to Powell Valley June 7-14. Occupation of
Cumberland Gap June 17, and operations in vicinity until September. Evacuation of
Cumberland Gap and retreat to the Ohio River September 17-October 3 (in charge of
ammunition trains). March to Lexington, Ky., October 27-31. March from Nicholasville to
Danville December 10-11. Movement to intercept Morgan December 20-27. Moved to Nashville,
Tenn., January 31, 1863, and duty there until March 6. Moved to Franklin March 6. Pursuit
of Van Dorn to Columbia March 9-12. Return to Franklin April 8. Repulse of attack on
Franklin April 10. Duty at Franklin until June 2. Moved to Triune June 2. Tullahoma
Campaign June 23-July 7. Moved to Salem, thence to Guy's Gap, June 23-29. Moved to
Murfreesboro July 17, and duty there until September 5. At Tullahoma until April, 1864.
March to Bridgeport April 23-27, and garrison duty there until July, 1865. Mustered out
July 25, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Enlisted man
killed and 22 Enlisted men by disease. Total 23.
10th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Xenia, Ohio, January 9, 1862.
Moved to Camp Dennison, Ohio, and mustered in March 3, 1862. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo.,
thence moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 4-9. Attached to 6th Division, Army of the
Tennessee, to July, 1862. Artillery, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to
November, 1862. Artillery. 6th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the
Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January,
1863. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. Artillery, 1st
Division, 17th Army Corps, to April. 1864. Artillery, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps,
April, 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to November, 1864. Artillery
Reserve, Nashville, Tenn.. Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th
Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Advance on and siege of Corinth,
Miss., April 29-May 30, 1862. Duty at Corinth, Miss., until September 15. Moved to Iuka,
Miss., and duty there until October 1. Battle of Iuka September 19 and 27. Moved to
Corinth October 1-2. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12.
Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863. Moved to Memphis,
Tenn., January 10, 1863, thence to Lake Providence, La., January 21, and duty there until
April. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Duty at Grand Gulf until
June. Siege of Vicksburg June 13-July 4. Messenger's Ferry, Big Black River, June 29-30
and July 3. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Bolton's Ferry, Big Black River, July
4-6. Siege of Jackson, Miss., July 10-17. Duty at Vicksburg until April, 1864. Moved to
Clifton, Tenn., thence march via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., to Ackworth, Ga., April to
June 9. Atlanta Campaign June 9 to September 8. Operations about Marietta and against
Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
Chattahoochie River July 5-12. Turner's Ferry July 5. Moved to Marietta, Ga.. July 12, and
duty there until November. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 2, and duty there until
April, 1865. Battles of Nashville December 15-16, 1864 (Reserve). Moved to Sweetwater,
Tenn., April 1, 1865, thence to Loudon, Tenn., and duty there until July. Mustered out
July 17, 1865.
Battery lost during service 18 Enlisted men
by disease.
11th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Battery organized at St. Louis, Mo., and
mustered in October 27, 1861. Attached to Army of the West and Dept. of Missouri to March,
1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, Army of Mississippi, to April, 1862. Artillery, 3rd
Division, Army of Mississippi, to November, 1862. 7th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps,
Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to
January, 1863. Artillery, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Kimball's
Division, Arkansas Expedition, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Arkansas
Expedition, to January, 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas,
to May, 1864. Garrison Pine Bluff, Ark., 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, to November, 1864.
SERVICE.--Moved to South Point, Mo., October
28, 1861. March to Syracuse, Mo., November 22, thence to Tipton, Mo., November, 29, and
duty there until December 15. Moved to Otterville, Mo., December 15, and duty there until
February 2, 1862. March to Booneville, thence to St. Charles, February 2-17. Siege of New
Madrid, Mo., March 3-14. Siege and capture of Island No. 10, Mississippi River, March
15-April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn.. April 13-17. Moved to Pittsburg Landing,
Tenn., April 17-23. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to
Booneville May 30-June 13. Duty at Corinth until June 23. Expedition to Ripley June
27-July 2. At Corinth until August 4. At Jacinto until September 18. Battle of Iuka,
Miss., September 19. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12.
Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November-December. At Germantown, Tenn., until
January 15, 1863. At Memphis, Tenn., until March. Yazoo Pass Expedition and operations
against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood, March 11-April 5. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La.
Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Thompson's Hill. Port
Gibson, May 1 (Reserve). Battle of Raymond May 12. Jackson May 14. Battle of Champion's
Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and
22. Ordered to Helena, Ark., July 28. Steele's Expedition to Little Rock, Ark., August
10-September 10. Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Duty at Little
Rock until April, 1864, and at Pine Bluff until October. Ordered home for muster out.
Mustered out at Columbus, Ohio. November 5, 1864, expiration of term.
Battery lost during service 20 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 30 Enlisted men by disease. Total 50.
12th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Entered service as Company "G,"
25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, July 27, 1861. Ordered to West Virginia July 29. Attached to
1st Brigade, Army of Occupation West Virginia, to November, 1861. Milroy's Cheat Mountain
District, West Virginia, to March, 1862. Company permanently detached from 25th Ohio
Infantry as 12th Ohio Battery, March 17, 1862. Milroy's Independent Brigade, Dept. of the
Mountains, to June, 1862. Milroy's Independent Brigade, 1st Army Corps, Army of Virginia,
to September, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to
January, 1863. Provost Guard, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1863. Unattached, Artillery
Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C.,
22nd Army Corps, to September, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 11th Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, to December, 1863. 2nd Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland,
to April, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to July,
1864. 1st Brigade, Defenses Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland,
to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty along the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad from Grafton to the Ohio River until August 21, 1861. Moved to Cheat
Mountain Summit August 21. Action at Cheat Mountain September 12-17. Cheat Mountain Pass
September 14-15. Greenbrier October 3-4. Moved to Huttonsville November 25, and duty there
until February 27, 1862. Expedition to Camp Baldwin December 11-13, 1861. Buffalo Mountain
December 12-13. Raid to Huntersville December 31-January 5, 1862. At Elkwater until March.
Expedition on the Seneca April 1-12. At Staunton to May 7. Battle of McDowell May 8.
Franklin May 10-12. Battle of Cross Keys June 8. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia
August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Freeman's Ford and Hazel
Run August 22. Battle of Groveton August 29. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Duty in the
Defenses of Washington, D.C., until December. Moved to Fredericksburg, Va., December
12-16. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May
6. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until September. Moved to Bridgeport, Ala.,
September 25-October 6. Garrison duty at Nashville, Tenn., until April, 1864, and at
Murfreesboro, Tenn., until July, 1865. Defense of Murfreesboro December 5-12, 1864.
Wilkinson's Pike December 7. Mustered out July 12, 1865.
Battery lost during service 3 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 17 by disease. Total 20.
13th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Battery never fully organized. One Section
mustered in February 15, 1862. Attached to 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee. At Shiloh,
Tenn., April 6-7, 1862. Lost guns and organization discontinued April 20, 1862, the men
being transferred to 7th, 10th and 14th Ohio Batteries.
14th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Cleveland, Ohio, and mustered
in September 10, 1861. Moved to Camp Dennison, Ohio, January 1, 1862, and to St. Louis,
Mo., February 9; thence to Cairo, Ill., and to Paducah, Ky., February 13. Attached to 1st
Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee to April, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, Army
of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to
November, 1862. Artillery, District of Jackson, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the
Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, District of Jackson, Tenn., 16th Army Corps, to
March, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to June, 1863. District of Corinth,
Miss., 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. Artillery, 4th Division, 16th Army
Corps, to September, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to November, 1864.
Artillery Post, Nashville, Tenn., to November, 1864. Artillery, 7th Division, Wilson's
Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to February, 1865. Artillery, 1st Cavalry
Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1865. Dept. of Mississippi to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April
6-7, 1862. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Jackson,
Tenn., and duty there until June 2, 1863. Moved to Corinth, Miss., and duty there until
November 2, 1863. Moved to Lynnville, Tenn., and duty there until March 13, 1864.
Reenlisted January 1, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8, 1864. Demonstrations
on Resaca May 8-13. Sugar Valley, near Resaca, May 9. 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. Assault on Kenesaw Mountain June 27.
Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Battle of
Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August
25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit
of Hood into Alabama October 3-26. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., October 24. Battle of
Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Hollow
Tree Gap and Franklin December 17. West Harpeth River December 17. Richland Creek December
24. Sugar Creek, Pulaski, December 25-26. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., thence to Eastport,
Miss, and duty there until February 6. Ordered to New Orleans, La.. and duty there until
April. Moved to Mobile Bay April 3-7. March to Greenville, Ala., April 18-22; thence to
Eufala April 24-27, and to Montgomery May 5. March to Columbus, Miss., May 11-21, and duty
there until July 27. Mustered out August 11, 1865.
Battery lost during service 11 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 37 Enlisted men by disease. Total 49.
15th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and
mustered in February 1, 1862. Ordered to Cincinnati, Ohio, thence to Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, February 16. While en route disembarked at Paducah, Ky., and duty there until
April 15. Ordered to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 15. Whitehall Landing April 17.
Attached to Artillery, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 4th Division,
District of Memphis, Tenn., to September, 1862. 4th Division, District of Jackson, Tenn.,
to November, 1862. 4th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee,
to December, 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. Artillery,
4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, to
August, 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to November, 1864. Artillery
Brigade, 17th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Advance on and siege of Corinth,
Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., via Grand Junction, LaGrange and Holly
Springs June 1-July 21. Duty at Memphis until September 6. March to Bolivar and Hatchie
River September 6-14. Expedition to Grand Junction September 20. Skirmish with Price and
Van Dorn September 21. Battle of Metamora or Hatchie River October 5. Bolivar October 7.
Expedition from LaGrange toward Lamar, Miss., November 5. Grant's Central Mississippi
Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November, 1862, to January, 1863.
Action at Worsham's Creek November 6. At Calersville, Tenn., January to March, 1863. Moved
to Memphis, Tenn., March 9, and duty there until May. Expedition to the Coldwater April
18-24. Hernando April 18. Perry's Ferry, Coldwater River, April 19. Ordered to Vicksburg,
Miss., May 11. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22.
Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. At Vicksburg until
August 2. Ordered to Natchez, Miss., August 15. Expedition to Harrisonburg September 1-8.
Near Harrisonburg and capture of Fort Beauregard September 4. At Natchez until December.
Ordered to Vicksburg and camp at Clear Creek until February, 1864. Meridian Campaign
February 3-March 2. Veterans on furlough March-April. Moved to Clifton, Tenn., thence
march via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., to Kingston, Ga., and Ackworth, Ga., April 28-June
8. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 8 to September 8. Operations about Marietta and against
Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 5. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Turner's Ferry July 5. Leggett's or Bald Hill July 20-21.
Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. 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. March
to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the
Carolinas January to April, 1865. Pocotaligo, S.C., January 14. Barker's Mills, Whippy
Swamp, February 2. Salkehatchie Swamp February 2-5. Binnaker's Bridge February 9.
Orangeburg February 12-13. Columbia February 15-17. Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, N.
C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24, and 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 20. Grand Review May 24. Moved to
Columbus, Ohio, and mustered out June 20, 1865.
Battery lost during service 8 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 30 Enlisted men by disease. Total 38.
16th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Springfield, Ohio, August 20,
1861; the 3rd Battery organized in Ohio. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo., September 5. Mustered
in September 6, 1861. Moved from St. Louis to Jefferson City, Mo., October 13, and duty
there until February 14, 1862. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., thence to Pilot Knob, Mo., March
6. Attached to 1st Division, District of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to May,
1862. Artillery, 1st Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to July, 1862. District of
Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to January, 1863. Artillery, 12th Division, 13th Army
Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps,
Dept. of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to January, 1864.
Artillery, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864. Defenses of
New Orleans, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to August, 1864. Artillery Reserve, Dept. of the
Gulf, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--March to Doniphan March 21-31,
1862. Action at Pitman's Ferry April 1. Moved to Pocahontas, Ark., April 5-11; thence to
Jacksonport May 3. To Batesville May 14, thence march to Augusta, Ark., June 20-July 4.
March to Clarendon, thence to Helena, Ark., July 5-14. Duty at Helena and at Old Town
Landing until April, 1863. Ordered to Milliken's Bend, La., April 8. Movement on
Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Fourteen-Mile
Creek May 12-13. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July
4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of
Jackson July 10-17. Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 21, and duty there until September
20. Moved to Berwick Bay and duty there until December 27. Ordered to New Orleans, thence
to Texas January 1, 1864. Duty at Matagardo Peninsula, Indianola, Powder Horn and
Matagorda Island until June, 1864. Ordered to New Orleans, La., and garrison duty there
until July 13, 1865. Ordered home July 13, and mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio, August 2,
1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 1
Enlisted man killed and 45 Enlisted men by disease. Total 47.
17th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Dayton, Ohio, and mustered in
August 21, 1862. Ordered to Covington, Ky., September 3. Attached to Artillery, 1st
Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to October, 1862. Unattached, Army of Kentucky,
Dept. of Ohio, Lexington, Ky., to November, 1862. Artillery, 10th Division, 13th Army
Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, Sherman's Yazoo
Expedition, to January, 1863. Artillery, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the
Tennessee, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf,
to June, 1864. Defenses of New Orleans, La., to August, 1864. United States Forces, Mobile
Bay, Dept. of the Gulf, to September, 1864. Unattached Artillery, 19th Army Corps, Dept.
of the Gulf, to December, 1864. Unattached, Artillery Reserve Corps, Military Division
West Mississippi, to February, 1865. Artillery Brigade, 16th Army Corps (New), Military
Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Covington, Ky., during
threatened attack on Cincinnati by Kirby Smith. March to Lexington, Ky., thence to
Louisville, Ky., and duty there until December 1. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., December 1.
Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Expedition from
Milliken's Bend to Dallas Station and Delhi December 25-26. Chickasaw Bayou December
26-28. Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10, 1863.
Assault on and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's
Point, La., January 15. Expedition to Greenville, Miss., and Cypress Bend, Ark., February
14-26. Action at Cypress Bend February 19. Moved to Milliken's Bend March 8. Movement on
Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Battle of
Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg
May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson July 5-10. Siege of Jackson, Miss., July 10-17. Assault
on Jackson July 12. Duty at Vicksburg until August 20. Ordered to New Orleans, La., and
duty there until September 5. At Brashear City until October 3. Expedition to New and
Amite Rivers September 24-29. Western Louisiana ("Teche") Campaign October
3-November 30. Grand Coteau November 3. Moved to New Orleans, La., and duty there until
August, 1864. Operations in Mobile Bay against Forts Gaines and Morgan August 2-23. Siege
and capture of Fort Gaines August 3-8. Siege and capture of Fort Morgan August 10-23. Duty
at New Orleans until March, 1865. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defenses March
17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture
of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25.
Duty at Montgomery and Selma, Ala., until July. Ordered home for muster out. Mustered out
August 16, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Enlisted man
killed and 1 Officer and 42 Enlisted men by disease. Total 44.
18th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Camp Portsmouth, Ohio, and
mustered in September 13, 1862. Left State for Covington, Ky., October 9, 1862. Attached
to 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Baird's
Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. Artillery, 1st
Division, Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st Division, Artillery
Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1864. 2nd Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept.
of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. Unassigned, District of the Etowah, Dept. of the
Cumberland, to January, 1865. Post of Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to
June, 1865.
SERVICE.--March to Lexington, Ky., October
23-29, 1862, and duty there until December 26. Moved to Louisville, Ky., December 26;
thence to Nashville, Tenn., arriving there February 7, 1863. Moved to Brentwood, Tenn.,
February 21. Expedition to Franklin and Spring Hill March 2-5. Action at Franklin March 4.
Thompson's Station, Spring Hill, March 4-5. Duty at Franklin until June. Repulse of Van
Dorn's attack on Franklin April 10. Moved to Triune June 2. Action at Triune June 11.
Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Action at Fosterville, Guy's Gap
and Shelbyville June 27. Moved to Wartrace July 3, and duty there until August 12.
Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Reconnaissance from Rossville September
17. Ringgold, Ga., September 17. Spring Creek September 18. Battle of Chickamauga
September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23. Battles of Chattanooga
November 23-25; Lookout Mountain November 23-24; Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to
Graysville November 26-28. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., December 1, and garrison duty
there until October, 1864. March to Chattanooga October 6-21. Moved to Nashville November
27. Battles of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December
17-28. Duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., until May 1, 1865, and at Resaca, Ga., until June 20.
Mustered out June 29, 1865.
Battery lost during service 2 Enlisted men
killed and 21 Enlisted men by disease. Total 23.
19th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Cleveland, Ohio, September 10,
1862. Moved to Covington, Ky., October 6; thence march to Lexington, Ky., October 23-28.
Attached to Army of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to December, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division,
Army of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to January, 1863. District of Central Kentucky, Dept. of
Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to July,
1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1863. Reserve Artillery, 23rd
Army Corps, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade. 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to April, 1864.
Artillery, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to February, 1865. Artillery, 2nd Division, 23rd
Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Camp at Ashland, Ky., until
December, 1862. Moved to Richmond, Ky., December 10; thence to Danville, Ky., December 31,
and to Frankfort January 5, 1863. Return to Lexington, Ky., February 22, and duty there
until June 6. March to Somerset June 6-10. Pursuit of Morgan from Somerset, Ky., to
Steubenville, Ohio, July 5-29. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17.
Expedition to Cumberland Gap September 3-7. Operations about Cumberland Gap September
7-10. Duty at Knoxville, Tenn., until December. Knoxville Campaign November 4 to December
23. Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Camp at
College Hill until March, 1864. Moved to Morristown March 15, thence to Mossy Creek. Moved
to Knoxville April 20, thence march to Cleveland, Tenn., April 27-May 3. Atlanta (Ga.)
Campaign May to September. Demonstrations on Dalton May 9-13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 9-11.
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. Pine Hill June
11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm
June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July
5-17. Capture of Decatur July 19. Howard House July 20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August
25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro
August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Duty at Decatur until October, and
at Atlanta until November 1. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 1. Nashville Campaign
November-December. In front of Columbia, Tenn., November 24-27. Battle of Franklin
November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River
December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., until January 15, 1865. Movement to North Carolina via
Washington, D.C., January 15-22. Occupation of Wilmington February 22; duty there until
March 6. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on
Raleigh April 10-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender
of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh and Salisbury, N. C., until June. Mustered out
at Salisbury, N. C., June 28, 1865.
Battery lost during service 2 Enlisted men
killed and 7 Enlisted men by disease. Total 9.
20th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Camp Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio,
and mustered in October 29, 1862. Moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 31, 1862,
arriving there February 8, 1863. Attached to 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland, to
November, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to
December, 1863. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to
November, 1864. Garrison Artillery, at Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to
February, 1865. Garrison Artillery, at Chattanooga, Tenn., until July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Murfreesboro, Tenn., until
June, 1863. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Liberty Gap June
24-27. Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September
19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Attached to Garrison
Artillery at Chattanooga until June, 1864. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27,
1863. Engaged in repelling attacks of Rebel Cavalry under Forest and Wheeler on the flanks
of Sherman's army during the Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign. Action at Dalton. Ga., August 14-16.
March to Alpine, Ga., September 4-20, thence march to Pulaski, Tenn. Surrender of Dalton
October 13 (Section). Nashville Campaign November-December. In front of Columbia, Duck
River, November 24-27. Spring Hill and Thompson's Station November 29. Battle of Franklin
November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River
December 17-28. Moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., and garrison duty there until July 2, 1865.
Mustered out July 19, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 5
Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 17 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 24.
21st
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, April 29,
1863. Ordered to West Virginia May 5. Return to Camp Dennison May 20, and duty there until
September. Pursuit of Morgan through Indiana and Ohio July 5-28. Moved to Camp Nelson,
Ky., September 22. Attached to Willcox's Left Wing forces, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio,
to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Left Wing forces, Dept. of Ohio, to January, 1864. District
of the Clinch, Dept. of Ohio, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps,
Dept. of the Ohio, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East
Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Moved from Camp Nelson, Ky., to
Greenville, Tenn., October 1. Action at Blue Springs October 10. Walker's Ford December 2.
Duty at various points in Tennessee and Alabama until July, 1865. Mustered out July 21,
1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 8
Enlisted men by disease. Total 9.
22nd
Independent Battery Light Artillery
One section organized April 1, 1863. Moved
to Wheeling, W. Va., April 1. Duty there and in Holmes county, Ohio, until June. Moved to
Camp Chase, Ohio, June 19. Battery organization completed at Camp Chase and mustered in
July 14, 1863. Moved to Parkersburg, W. Va., thence to Wheeling, W. Va., and, to Hancock,
Md., to support Kelly's operations against General Lee in his retreat from Gettysburg, Pa.
Sent to operate against Morgan, July. Moved to Camp Nelson, Ky., August 12, 1863. Attached
to Willcox's Left Wing forces, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to October, 1863.
De-Courcy's Brigade, Cumberland Gap, Willcox's Left Wing forces, 9th Army Corps, to
January, 1864. District of the Clinch, Dept. of the Ohio, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th
Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division,
23rd Army Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee,
Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Expedition to Cumberland Gap
August 17-September 7. Operations about Cumberland Gap September 7-10. Capture of
Cumberland Gap September 9. Duty there until June 27, 1864. Action at Crab Gap December 5.
1863. Reconnaissance from Cumberland Gap January 3, 1864. Near Cumberland Gap June 21.
Moved to Knoxville, Tenn, June 27, 1864, and garrison duty there until July 5, 1865.
Ordered to Camp Chase, Ohio, July 5. Mustered out July 13, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 2
Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 16 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 20.
23rd
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Detached from 2nd Kentucky Infantry 1861. No
record in Ohio troops. See Simmons' 1st Kentucky Battery.
24th Independent Battery Light
Artillery
Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and
mustered in August 4, 1863. Ordered to Cincinnati, Ohio, September 22, thence moved to
Johnson's Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, November 10, and duty there guarding Rebel prisoners
until August 6, 1864. Moved to Camp Chase August 6, thence to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill.,
August 27, and duty there guarding Rebel prisoners until June 10, 1865. Mustered out June
24, 1865.
Battery lost during service 6 by disease.
25th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized by detachment from 2nd Ohio
Cavalry at Fort Scott, Kansas. August 27, 1862. First designated 3rd Kansas Independent
Battery. Organized as 25th Ohio Battery February 17, 1863. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st
Division, Army of the Frontier, October, 1862, to June, 1863. Artillery, Cavalry Division,
District Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to August, 1863. Artillery, 1st Cavalry
Division, Arkansas Expedition, to January, 1864. Columbus, Ohio, to April, 1864.
Artillery, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to May, 1864. Artillery, 1st
Division, 7th Army Corps, to February, 1865. Artillery, Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps,
to July, 1865. Garrison Artillery, Little Rock, Ark., Dept. of Arkansas, to December,
1865.
SERVICE.--Blount's Campaign in Missouri and
Arkansas September 17-December 10, 1862. Expedition to Sarcoxie September 17-25.
Reconnaissance to Newtonia September 29-31. Action at Newtonia September 30. Occupation of
Newtonia October 4. Cane Hill November 29. Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7.
Expedition to Van Buren, Ark., December 27-29. March over Ozark and Boston Mountains to
Cane Creek, Mo., January 1-10, 1863. Moved to Camp Solomon February 27. Campaign against
Marmaduke March and April. Ordered to Rolla, Mo., May 22 and refitting until June 26.
Moved to Pilot Knob, Mo., June 26, and reported to General Davidson. Expedition against
Price and Marmaduke in Arkansas. March to Clarendon, Ark., on White River July 1-August 8.
Grand Prairie August 17. Steele's Expedition against Little Rock August 18-September 10.
Bayou Metoe or Reed's Bridge August 27. Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock September
10. Duty at Little Rock until November. Ferry's Ford October 7. Duty at Benton, Pine
Bluff, and Little Rock until January, 1864. Reconnaissance from Little Rock December 5-13,
1863. Reenlisted January 3, 1864. Moved to Columbus, Ohio, January 21-29. Return to Little
Rock, Ark., March 17, and garrison duty there at Fort Steele until December, 1865.
Mustered out December 12. 1865.
Battery lost during service 23 Enlisted men
by disease. Total 23.
26th
Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, as Company
"F" 32nd Ohio Infantry, August, 1861. Left State for West Virginia September 15.
At Grafton, W. Va., September 18, and at Beverly September 22. Attached to Kimball's
Brigade, Reynolds' Command, West Virginia, to October, 1861. Cheat Mountain District, West
Virginia, to November, 1861. Milroy's Brigade, Cheat Mountain District, to March, 1862.
Milroy's Brigade, Mountain Department, to May, 1862. Schenck's Brigade, Mountain
Department, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to
July, 1862. Garrison at Winchester, Va., to September, 1862. Miles' Command, Harper's
Ferry, W. Va., September, 1862.
SERVICE.--Stationed at Cheat Mountain
Summit, W. Va., October, 1861. Action at Greenbrier October 3. Duty at Greenbrier until
December 13. Camp Allegheny December 13. Ordered to Beverly and duty there until April,
1862. Expedition on the Seneca April 1-12. Action at Monterey April 12. At Staunton until
May 7. Battle of McDowell May 8. March to Franklin and duty there until May 25. Pursuit of
Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley. Battle of Cross Keys June 8. Duty at Strasburg and
Winchester until July. Detached from 32nd Infantry for Artillery duty July 20, 1862, and
stationed at Winchester until September 11. Retreat to Harper's Ferry September 11-12.
Defense of Harper's Ferry September 12-15. Battery surrendered September 15. Paroled and
sent to Annapolis, Md., thence to Chicago, Ill., and to Camp Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio.
Exchanged January 12, 1863. Again attached to 32nd Infantry and moved to Memphis, Tenn.,
January 20-25, 1863. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December,
1863. Moved to Lake Providence, La., February 20, and to Milliken's Bend, La., April 17.
Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson, Miss.,
May 1. Raymond May 12. Jackson May 14. Champion's Hill May 16. Capture a Battery of six
guns and assigned to duty as Artillery until August 3, 1863. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss.,
May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Attached to Battery "D" 1st
Illinois Artillery and to 3rd Ohio Battery August 3 to December 22, 1863, and garrison
duty at Vicksburg, Miss. Served with Artillery, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps. Expedition
to Monroe, La., August 20-September 2, 1863. Expedition to Canton and Brownsville October
14-20. Permanently detached from 32nd Ohio as 26th Ohio Battery December 22, 1864. On
Veteran furlough January 1 to February 3, 1864. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Duty
at Vicksburg until November, 1864, attached to Maltby's Brigade, District of Vicksburg.
Expedition to Rodney and Fayette September 29-October 3. Expedition to Woodville October
4-11. Woodville October 5-6. Moved to Natchez, Miss., and garrison duty there until April,
1865. Ordered to Texas April, 1865, and duty on the Rio Grande, Texas, until August.
Ordered home for muster out. Mustered out at Todd's Barracks, Columbus, Ohio, September 2,
1865.
Battery lost during service 22 Enlisted men by disease.
Source - "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3)
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