Battery A , 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery A , 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The battery was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus , Ohio and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 6 , 1861 . The regiment was organized as early as 1860 under Ohio ' s militia laws , under Colonel James Barnett . The battery was attached to Thomas ' Command , Camp Nevin , Kentucky , to November 1861 . Negley ' s Brigade , McCook ' s Command , at Nolin , Kentucky , to December 1861 . 6th Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . Artillery , 2nd Division , I Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Right Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . Artillery , 2nd Division , XX Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 1st Division , Artillery Reserve , Department of the Cumberland , to March 1864 . 2nd Division , Artillery Reserve , Department of the Cumberland , to April 1864 . Artillery , 2nd Division , IV Corps , Department of the Cumberland , to July 1864 . Artillery Brigade , IV Corps , to November 1864 . District of Nashville , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to March 1865 . 4th Sub - District , Middle Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to July 1865 . Battery A , 1st Ohio Light Artillery mustered out of service at Cleveland , Ohio on July 31 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , September 25 , thence to Camp Nevin , Ky . , October 22 . Duty on Green River , Ky . , December 10 , 1861 to February 13 , 1862 . Advance on Bowling Green and Nashville , Tenn . , February 13 - March 3 . March to Duck River March 16 – 21 , and to Savannah , Tenn . , March 31 - April 6 . Battle of Shiloh April 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . March to Battle Creek , Ala . , June 10 - July 18 , and duty there until August 20 . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 20 - September 26 . Siege of Munfordville , Ky . , September 14 – 17 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 16 . Lawrenceburg October 8 . Dog Walk October 9 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 19 - November 7 , and duty there until December 26 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . At Murfreesboro until June . Reconnaissance from Murfreesboro March 6 – 7 . Duck River Island April 26 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Liberty Gap June 24 – 27 . Manchester July 1 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 20 . Siege of Chattanooga , September 24 - October 18 . Joined Gen . Spear at Sale Creek October 18 . Action at Blythe ' s Ferry November 13 . March through eastern Tennessee to Strawberry Plains November 28 , 1863 to January 30 , 1864 . Duty in eastern Tennessee until April 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . Buzzard ' s Roost Gap May 8 – 9 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Adairsville May 17 . Near Kingston May 18 – 19 . Near Cassville May 19 . Advance on Dallas May 22 – 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 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station , Smyrna Camp Ground , July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Buckhead , Nancy ' s Creek , July 18 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29 - November 3 . Nashville , Tenn . , Campaign November – December . In front of Columbia , Duck River , November 24 – 27 . Spring Hill November 29 . Battle of Franklin November 30 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Moved captured cannon off the field December 17 . Duty at Nashville and Gallatin , Tenn . , and in District of Middle Tennessee until July . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 48 men during service ; 15 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 33 enlisted men died of disease .