Organized at Camp Dennison, near Cincinnati, Ohio, and
mustered in October 7, 1861. Action at West Liberty, Ky., October 23.
Expedition into Eastern Ohio and West Virginia after Jenkins' Cavalry November
23-29. Moved to Louisville, Ky., December 2, 1861; thence to Bacon Creek, Ky.,
and duty there till February, 1862. Attached to 3rd Division, Army of Ohio,
December, 1861, to September, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps,
Army of Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing 14th
Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Post of Nashville. Tenn.,
Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps,
Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Unassigned, Dept. of
the Cumberland, to November, 1863. 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept. of
the Cumberland, to December, 1863. Garrison Artillery at Bridgeport, Ala.,
Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1864. 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept.
of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Nashville, Tenn.,
Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE. – Advance on Bowling Green, Ky., and Nashville,
Tenn., February 10-25. Occupation of Nashville February 25. Reconnoissance to
Shelbyville and McMinnville March 25-29. Advance on Fayetteville April 4-7, and
on Huntsville April 10-11. Capture of Huntsville April 11. Advance on and
capture of Decatur, Florence and Tuscumbia April 11-14. Action at West Bridge,
near Bridgeport. April 29. Destruction of railroad bridge across the Tennessee
River. Relief of 18th Ohio at Athens May 1 and dispersement of Scott's Forces.
Negley's Chattanooga Campaign May 27-June 14. Duty at Battle Creek June-July.
Action at Battle Creek June 21. Occupy Fort McCook August 20-25. March to
Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 25-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg
into Kentucky October 1-15. Lawrenceburg October 6. Dog Walk October 9. March
to Nashville, Tenn., October 20-November 7, and duty there till December 26.
Reconnoissance from Lavergne November 19. Advance on Murfreesboro December
26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863.
Battery captured December 31. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., January 20, 1863,
and duty there till September. Moved to Stevenson, Ala., September 6; thence to
Battle Creek, Anderson's Cross Roads and Chattanooga. Chattanooga-Ringgold
Campaign November 23-27. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-25. Garrison duty
at Bridgeport, Ala., till July, 1864, and at Nashville, Tenn., till July, 1865.
Battle of Nashville December 15-16, 1864. Mustered out July 10, 1865.
Battery lost during service 3 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 29 Enlisted men by disease. Total 32.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of
the 3, p. Rebellion, Part 1484-5
