Organized at Cleveland, Marietta and Camp Dennison, Ohio,
and mustered in October 22, 1861. Left State for West Virginia February, 1862.
Attached to Cheat Mountain District, West Virginia, to March, 1862. Cheat
Mountain District, Dept. of the Mountains, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st
Division, 1st Army Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to September. 1862.
Artillery, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March,
1863. Reserve Artillery, 11th Army
Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 11th Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac, to September, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to
December, 1863. Garrison Artillery, Bridgeport, Ala., Dept. of the Cumberland,
to April, 1864. Unattached Artillery, Dept. of the Cumberland, to May, 1864.
Stevenson, Ala., District of North Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to
October, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Defences Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad,
Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. Post of Stevenson, Ala., Dept. of the
Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE. – Battle of McDowell May 8, 1862; Franklin May 28.
Pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley, Strasburg and Staunton Road June
1-2. Harrisonburg June 6; Cross Keys June 8; Port Republic June 9: at
Middletown till July, and at Sperryville till August. Pope's Campaign in
Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August
21-23. Freeman's Ford, Hazel River and Leary's Ford August 22. Waterloo Bridge
August 23-25. Battle of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Duty in the
Defences of Washington, D.C., till December, Expedition from Centreville to
Warrenton Junction and Bristoe Station September 25-28. March to
Fredericksburg, Va., December 10-16. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud
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. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till September. Moved to
Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. Reopening Tennessee River October
26-29. Battle of Wauhatchie October 28-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
November 23-27. Lookout Mountain November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25.
Assigned to Reserve Artillery and Garrison duty at Bridgeport and Stevenson,
Ala., December, 1863, to July, 1865. Ordered home July 3. Mustered out July 17,
1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 5 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 14 Enlisted men by disease. Total 20.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1486-7
