1st Ohio Light Artillery / Battery G

Regimental History and Service Record

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.
• April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee

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 until 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 until June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.

• August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
  • Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11.
  • September 19-September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September 22-26, 1863 - Skirmishes near Chattanooga, Tennessee
• September 24-October 27, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
  • November 23-25, 1863 - Battles of Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Mission Ridge November 24-25.
• Moved to Nashville, Tenn., December 2, and duty there until 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., until March, 1865. Expedition to Bull's Gap and operations in East Tennessee March 20-April 5. Duty at Nashville until June. Moved to New Orleans, La., June 16. Ordered home for muster out August 31, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Battery lost during service 6 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 26 Enlisted men by disease. Total 33.

Legacy

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 701, 846, 860, 862, 866, 1485)