Organized at Camp Dennison, near Cincinnati, Ohio, and
mustered in December 17, 1861. Moved to Louisville, Ky., February 10, 1862;
thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 27. Attached to 5th Division, Army of
Ohio, to June, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of Ohio, to September, 1862.
Artillery, 8th Division, Army of Ohio, to November, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division
(Centre), 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery,
2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 1st Division, Artillery
Reserve, Army of the Cumberland, to March, 1864. 2nd Division, Artillery
Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland, to August, 1864. Unattached Artillery, Dept.
of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. Artillery Post of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 4th Army Corps,
Army of the Cumberland, to August, 1865.
SERVICE. – March to Savannah, Tenn., March 18-April 6, 1862.
Battle of Shiloh April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April
29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 10. Movement to Athens, Ala., June
10-30, and duty there till August. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., August 19. Siege
of Nashville September to November. Repulse of Forest's attack on Edgefield
November 5. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Battle of Stone's
River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till
June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap
June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of
Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August
16-September 22. Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11. Battle of
Chickamauga September 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23.
Battles of Chattanooga November 23-25; Mission Ridge November 24-25. Moved to
Nashville, Tenn., December 2, and duty there till August, 1864. Battery
veteranize January 4, 1864. March to relief of Fort Donelson, Tenn., March
3-12. Spring Hill March 9. Rutherford Creek March 10. Duck River March 11.
Ordered to join army in the field August, 1864. Rousseau's pursuit of Wheeler
September 1-8. Lavergne September 1. Franklin September 2. Campbellsville
September 5. Expedition after Forest. Pulaski September 26-27. Nashville
Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Spring Hill
November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December
15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Rutherford Creek
December 19. At Huntsville, Ala., till March, 1865. Expedition to Bull's Gap
and operations in East Tennessee March 20-April 5. Duty at Nashville till June.
Moved to New Orleans, La., June 16. Ordered home for muster out August 31,
1865.
Battery lost during service 6 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 26 Enlisted men by disease. Total 33.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1485
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