Organized at Camp
Dennison, Ohio, and mustered in March 11, 1862. Moved to Benton Barracks, Mo.;
thence to Savannah, Tenn., March 22-28, 1862. Served Unattached, Army of the
Tennessee, to April, 1862. Artillery, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to
April, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862.
Artillery, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to November, 1862.
Artillery, 2nd Division, District of Memphis, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old),
Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, Sherman's
Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps,
Army of the Tennessee, to September, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 17th Army
Corps, to April, 1864. Maltby's Brigade, District of Vicksburg, to November,
1864. Artillery Reserve, District of Vicksburg, to August, 1865.
SERVICE. – Battle
of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss.,
April 29-May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., June 1-17, and duty there till
November, 1862. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November-December.
"Tallahatchie March" November 26-December 12. Sherman's Yazoo
Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863. 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 17, and duty there till March.
Expedition to Rolling Fork via Muddy, Steele's and Black Bayous and Deer Creek
March 14-27. Moved to Milliken's Bend and duty there till April. Demonstrations
on Haines and Drumgould's Bluffs April 29-May 2. Moved to Join army in rear of
Vicksburg via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2-14. Jackson, Miss., May 14. Siege
of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance
Jackson, Miss., May 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Duty at Vicksburg till
February, 1864. Expedition from Vicksburg to Sunnyside Landing. Ark.. January
10-16, 1864. Duty in the Defences of Vicksburg till May 20, 1865. Expedition to
Central Mississippi Railroad November 28-December 2, 1864. Moved to Natchez,
Miss., May 20, 1865, and duty there till June 28. At Vicksburg till July 20.
Mustered out August 7, 1865.
Battery lost during
service 1 Enlisted man killed and 22 Enlisted men by disease. Total 23.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1490
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