19th Ohio Battery 19th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The battery was organized in Cleveland , Ohio and mustered in September 10 , 1862 for a three - year enlistment under Captain Joseph C . Shields . The battery was attached to Army of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to December 1862 . Artillery , 2nd Division , Army of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to January 1863 . District of Central Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio , to July 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XXIII Corps , to August 1863 . Reserve Artillery , XXIII Corps , to January 1864 . 1st Brigade . 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , to April 1864 . Artillery , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , to February 1865 . Artillery , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , Department of North Carolina , to June 1865 . The 19th Ohio Battery mustered out of service at Salisbury , North Carolina on June 28 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Covington , Ky . , October 6 ; then marched to Lexington , Ky . , October 23 – 28 . Camp at Ashland , Lexington , Ky . , until December 1862 . Moved to Richmond , Ky . , December 10 ; then to Danville , Ky . , December 31 , and to Frankfort January 5 , 1863 . Return to Lexington , Ky . , February 22 , and duty there until June 6 . March to Somerset June 6 – 10 . Pursuit of Morgan from Somerset , Ky . , to Steubenville , Ohio , July 5 – 29 . Burnside ' s Campaign in eastern Tennessee August 16 - October 17 . Expedition to Cumberland Gap September 3 – 7 . Operations about Cumberland Gap September 7 – 10 . Duty at Knoxville , Tenn . , until December . Knoxville Campaign November 4 to December 23 . Campbell ' s Station November 16 . Siege of Knoxville November 17 - December 5 . Camp at College Hill until March 1864 . Moved to Morristown March 15 , then to Mossy Creek . Moved to Knoxville April 20 , then march to Cleveland , Tenn . , April 27 - May 3 . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Demonstrations on Dalton May 9 – 13 . Rocky Faced Ridge May 9 – 11 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Advance on Dallas May 18 – 25 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church , and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes Creek June 19 . Kolb ' s Farm June 22 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Capture of Decatur July 19 . Howard House July 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Utoy Creek August 5 – 7 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Duty at Decatur until October , and at Atlanta until November 1 . Moved to Nashville , Tenn . , November 1 . Nashville Campaign November – December . In front of Columbia , Tenn . , November 24 – 27 . Battle of Franklin November 30 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17 – 28 . At Clifton , Tenn . , until January 15 , 1865 . Movement to North Carolina via Washington , D . C . , January 15 – 22 . Occupation of Wilmington February 22 ; duty there until March 6 . Advance on Goldsboro March 6 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 21 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 13 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . Duty at Raleigh and Salisbury , N . C . , until June . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 9 enlisted men during service ; 2 killed and 7 died due to disease .