Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
| Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery | |
|---|---|
| Active | November 7, 1861 to June 14, 1865 |
| Country | Battle of Spottsylvania Court House Battle of North Anna Battle of Totopotomoy Creek Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg |
Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as Huntington's Battery.
Service
The battery was organized at
The battery was attached to Landers' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. Artillery, Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' V Corps, and Department of the Shenandoah to May 1862. Artillery, Shields' Division, Department of the Shenandoah, to June 1862. Alexandria, Virginia, Military District of Washington, D.C., to October 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. 1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June 1863. 3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to August 1863. 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to October 1863. Artillery Brigade, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December 1863. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to February 1864. 2nd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to April 1864. 3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 1864. Artillery Brigade, VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July 1864. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to December 1864. Artillery Brigade, VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March 1865. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June 1865.
Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery mustered out of service at Camp Taylor in
Detailed service
Left
Casualties
The battery lost a total of 32 men during service; 10 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 22 enlisted men died of disease.
Commanders
- Captain James F. Huntington
- Captain George W. Norton - commanded as lieutenant at the battles of Fredericksburg and Gettysburg
- Captain Stephen Wallace Dorsey
- Lieutenant William A. Ewing - commanded at the Battle of the Wilderness
Notable members
See also
- List of Ohio Civil War units
- Ohio in the Civil War
References
- Browne, Edward C. (et al.). Battery H, First Ohio Light Artillery: The James Barnett Papers - General James Barnett, Captain James Huntington, and Second Lieutenant William Pamelee, Jr. (Milford, OH: Little Miami Pub. Co.), 2009. ISBN 1-932250-39-5
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
- Gladieux, Rolland J. & James Dennison Cook. Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery in Virginia, 1864-65 (Eggertsville, NY: Buffalo Printing Co.), 1982.
- Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865, Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission (Akron, OH: Werner Co.), 1886–1895.
- Reid, Whitelaw. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers (Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin), 1868.
- Attribution
This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.
