Organized at Xenia, Ohio, January 9, 1862. Moved to Camp
Dennison, Ohio, and mustered in March 3, 1862. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo.,
thence moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 4-9. Attached to 6th Division,
Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. Artillery, 6th Division, District of
Corinth, Miss., to November, 1862. Artillery. 6th Division, Left Wing 13th Army
Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 6th
Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, 17th
Army Corps, to September, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to
April. 1864. Artillery, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, April, 1864. Artillery,
3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to November, 1864. Artillery Reserve, Nashville,
Tenn.. Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division,
District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE. – Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April
29-May 30, 1862. Duty at Corinth, Miss., till September 15. Moved to Iuka,
Miss., and duty there till October 1. Battle of Iuka September 19 and 27. Moved
to Corinth October 1-2. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley
October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January,
1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., January 10, 1863, thence to Lake Providence,
La., January 21, and duty there till April. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning
Grand Gulf April 25-30. Duty at Grand Gulf till June. Siege of Vicksburg June
13-July 4. Messenger's Ferry, Big Black River, June 29-30 and July 3. Advance
on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Bolton's Ferry, Big Black River, July 4-6. Siege
of Jackson, Miss., July 10-17. Duty at Vicksburg till April, 1864. Moved to
Clifton, Tenn., thence march via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., to Ackworth,
Ga., April to June 9. Atlanta Campaign June 9 to September 8. Operations about
Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June
27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-12. Turner's Ferry
July 5. Moved to Marietta, Ga.. July 12, and duty there till November. Moved to
Nashville, Tenn., November 2, and duty there till April, 1865. Battles of
Nashville December 15-16, 1864 (Reserve). Moved to Sweetwater, Tenn., April 1,
1865, thence to Loudon, Tenn., and duty there till July. Mustered out July 17, 1865.
Battery lost during service 18 Enlisted men by disease.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1491
