Organized at Camp Dennison, near Cincinnati, Ohio, and
mustered in November 7, 1861. Left State for Parkersburg, W. Va., January 20,
1862. Attached to Landers' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.
Artillery, Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the
Shenandoah to May, 1862. Artillery, Shields' Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah,
to June, 1862. Alexandria, Va., Military District of Washington, D.C., to
October, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to
May, 1863. 1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to
June, 1863. 3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to
August, 1863. 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to
October, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to
December, 1863. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1864. 2nd
Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1864. 3rd
Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1864.
Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1864.
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to December. 1864. Artillery Brigade,
6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1865. Artillery Reserve, Army of
the Potomac, to June, 1865.
SERVICE. – Moved from Parkersburg, W. Va., to Paw Paw Tunnel
January, 1862, and duty there till March. Advance on Winchester March 7-15. Action
at Strasburg March 19. Battle of Winchester March 23. Occupation of Mt. Jackson
April 17. March to Fredericksburg, Va., May 12-21, and return to Front Royal
May 25-30. Battle of Port Republic June 9. Moved to Alexandria June 29 and duty
in the Defences of Washington, D.C., till October 17. Moved to Harper's Ferry,
W. Va., October 17. Advance up Loudoun Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va.,
October 30-November 17. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At
Falmouth till April, 1863. "Mad March" January 20-24.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
Gettysburg (Pa.), Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3.
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Bristoe Campaign
October 9-22. Bristoe Station October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock
November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Campaign from the
Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7;
Spottsylvania May 8-21; North Anna River May 23-27. Line of the Pamunkey May
26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June
16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank
Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22-23, 1864. Fall of Petersburg April 2, 1865.
Ordered to Cleveland, Ohio, for muster out June 5. Mustered out June 17, 1865.
Battery lost during service 10 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 22 Enlisted men by disease. Total 32.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1485-6
