9th Ohio (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Camp Wood, Cleveland, Ohio, and mustered in October 11, 1861. Moved to Louisville, Ky., December 17-20, and duty at Camp Gilbert, Louisville, until January 11, 1862. Attached to 12th Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, to March, 1862. 24th Brigade, 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October, 1862. Unattached, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to December. 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to February, 1863. Coburn's Brigade, Baird's Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, Reserve Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Coburn's Unattached Brigade, Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. Unassigned, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Defense Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Bridgeport, Ala., Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--March to Somerset, Ky., January 11-17, 1862. March from Somerset to Loudon, thence to Cumberland Ford, January 30-February 16. Reconnaissance in force under General Carter to Cumberland Gap March 21-23. At Cumberland Ford March 23 to June 7. March to Powell Valley June 7-14. Occupation of Cumberland Gap June 17, and operations in vicinity until September. Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to the Ohio River September 17-October 3 (in charge of ammunition trains). March to Lexington, Ky., October 27-31. March from Nicholasville to Danville December 10-11. Movement to intercept Morgan December 20-27. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., January 31, 1863, and duty there until March 6. Moved to Franklin March 6. Pursuit of Van Dorn to Columbia March 9-12. Return to Franklin April 8. Repulse of attack on Franklin April 10. Duty at Franklin until June 2. Moved to Triune June 2. Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Moved to Salem, thence to Guy's Gap, June 23-29. Moved to Murfreesboro July 17, and duty there until September 5. At Tullahoma until April, 1864. March to Bridgeport April 23-27, and garrison duty there until July, 1865. Mustered out July 25, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 22 Enlisted men by disease. Total 23.
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Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 1490-1491)
