Battery H lost 10 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 22 enlisted men to disease, a total of 32. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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Organized at Camp Dennison, near Cincinnati, Ohio under Captain James F. Huntington. |
November 7, 1861 |
Mustered in |
January 20, 1862 |
Left State for Parkersburg, Va. and attached to Landers' Division, Army of the Potomac |
January |
Moved from Parkersburg, Va., to Paw Paw Tunnel |
March 7-15 |
Advance on Winchester attached to Artillery, Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps |
March 19 |
Action at Strasburg |
March 23 |
Battle of Winchester
Private Jacob Jeager was killed |
April 17 |
Occupation of Mt. Jackson |
May 12-21 |
March to Fredericksburg, Va. |
May 25-30 |
Return to Front Royal and attached to Artillery, Shields' Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah |
June 9 |
Battle of Port Republic
Sergeant Edward Allen and Privates John McGill and Phillip Oshnaugh were killed |
June 29 |
Moved to Alexandria and duty attached to the Military District of Washington, D.C. |
October 17 |
Moved to Harper's Ferry, Va. attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
October 30-November 17 |
Advance up Loudoun Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
January 1863 |
At Falmouth |
January 20-24 |
"Mad March" |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville
The battery lost three guns in an advanced position, and was praised by General Hooker for its work. Privates Lycurgus Bishop and John Jones were mortally wounded |
May |
Attached to 1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign. Attached to 3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The battery was commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant George W. Norton. It brought 123 men to the field serving 6 Ordnance Rifles. Privates Henry Schram and Jacob Kirsh were killed, Private John Edmunds was mortally wounded, and 4 other men wounded. |
August |
Attached to 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign. Attached to Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
October 14 |
Bristoe Station |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock
Captain Huntington left the battery |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December |
Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
February, 1864 |
Attached to 2nd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
April |
Attached to 3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James. Attached to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8-21 |
Spottsylvania |
May 16 |
Captain Stephen W. Dorsey took command of the battery |
May 23-27 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
Line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor
Corporal W. D. Perrin was killed. |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad |
July |
Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
December |
Attached to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. |
January 18, 1865 |
Private Luther Search was killed at Petersburg. Privates Charles M. Corser and oah S. Lockwood were mortally wounded during the siege. |
March |
Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
June 5 |
Ordered to Cleveland, Ohio, for muster out |
June 17, 1865 |
Mustered out under Captain Stephen W. Dorsey, and Lieutenants James Harris, William E. Perigo and William E. Parmelee, Jr. |
