Battery E, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery

Artillery

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 battery

Artillery battery

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 that served in the Union Army

Union Army

The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...

 during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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.

Service

The battery was organized Camp Dennison

Camp Dennison

Camp Dennison was a military recruiting, training, and medical post for the United States Army during the American Civil War. It was located near Cincinnati, Ohio, not far from the Ohio River. The camp was named for Cincinnati native William Dennison, Ohio's governor at the start of the war.With...

 near Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

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 and mustered in for a three year enlistment on October 7, 1861. The regiment was organized as early as 1860 under Ohio's militia laws, under Colonel

Colonel (United States)

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 James Barnett.

The battery was attached to 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio

Army of the Ohio

The Army of the Ohio was the name of two Union armies in the American Civil War. The first army became the Army of the Cumberland and the second army was created in 1863.-History:...

, December 1861 to September 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, I Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland

Army of the Cumberland

The Army of the Cumberland was one of the principal Union armies in the Western Theater during the American Civil War. It was originally known as the Army of the Ohio.-History:...

, to January 1863. Post of Nashville, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to June 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. Unassigned, Department of the Cumberland, to November 1863. 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Department of the Cumberland, to December 1863. Garrison Artillery at Bridgeport, Alabama, Department of the Cumberland, to July 1864. 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Department of the Cumberland, to November 1864. Garrison Artillery, Nashville, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to July 1865.

Battery E, 1st Ohio Light Artillery mustered out of service at Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

 on July 10, 1865.

Detailed service

Action at West Liberty, Ky., October 23. Expedition into eastern Ohio and western Virginia after Jenkins' Cavalry November 23–29. Moved to Louisville, Ky., December 2, 1861, thence to Bacon Creek, Ky., and duty there until February 1862. Advance on Bowling Green, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn., February 10–25. Occupation of Nashville February 25. Reconnaissance 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 Infantry 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 until December 26. Reconnaissance from Lavergne November 19. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26–30. Battle of Stones River December 30–31, 1862 and January 1–3, 1863. Battery captured December 31. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., January 20, 1863 and duty there until 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., until July 1864, and at Nashville, Tenn., until July 1865. Battle of Nashville December 15–16, 1864.

Casualties

The battery lost a total of 32 men during service; 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 29 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

• Captain Warren P. Edgarton
• Lieutenant Frank B. Reckard - commanded at the battle of Nashville

See also

• List of Ohio Civil War units
• Ohio in the Civil War
  Ohio in the Civil War
  During the American Civil War, the State of Ohio played a key role in providing troops, military officers, and supplies to the Union army. Due to its central location in the Northern United States and burgeoning population, Ohio was both politically and logistically important to the war effort...
  
  

External links

• Ohio in the Civil War: Battery E, 1st Ohio Light Artillery by Larry Stevens