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. Defences 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 till 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 till August 20. Ordered to New Orleans,
La., and duty there till September 5. At Brashear City till 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 till 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 till March, 1865. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defences 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., till 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.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1493
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