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 Kenawha, 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,
Defences 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 till May, 1862.
Advance on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad April 22-May 1. Princeton May 11,
16 and 17. At Flat Top Mountain till 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) till March, 1863, and at Charleston till 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 till March, 1865. Moved to Harper's Ferry, thence to
Washington, D.C., and duty in the Defences of that city till 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.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1487-8
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