Battery I , 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery I , 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . It was also known as Dilger ' s Battery . Service . The battery was organized in Cincinnati , Ohio and mustered in for a three year enlistment on December 3 , 1861 under Captain Hubert Dilger . The regiment was organized as early as 1860 under Ohio ' s militia laws , under Colonel James Barnett . The battery was attached to Milroy ' s Command , Cheat Mountain District , Virginia , to April 1862 . Milroy ' s Independent Brigade , Department of the Mountains , to June 1862 . Unattached , 3rd Division , I Corps , Pope ' s Army of Virginia , to September 1862 . Artillery , 3rd Division , XI Corps , Army of the Potomac , to May 1863 . Artillery Brigade , XI Corps , Army of the Potomac , to September 1863 , and Army of the Cumberland to November 1863 . Artillery , 2nd Division , IV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to December 1863 . Garrison Artillery , Chattanooga , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to April 1864 . Artillery , 1st Division , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to July 1864 . Artillery Brigade , XIV Corps , to September 1864 . Garrison Artillery , Chattanooga , Tennessee , to March 1865 . 2nd Separate Division , District of the Etowah , Department of the Cumberland , to July 1865 . Battery I , 1st Ohio Light Artillery mustered out of service on June 13 , 1865 . Detailed service . Engaged in guarding the fortifications and approaches to Cincinnati in back of Newport , Ky . , Mt . Adams and Price ' s Hill October – December 1861 . Left Cincinnati for Parkersburg , Va . , January 26 , 1862 , then moved to New Creek February 3 . Expedition to Moorefield , Va . , February 11 – 16 , 1862 . Action at Moorefield February 12 . Moved to Clarksburg , Va . , then to Beverly March 26 . Joined Milrow at Monterey , Dinwiddle Gap , April 25 . Shenandoah Mountain May 7 . McDowell May 8 . Franklin May 26 . Strasburg June 1 . Harrisonburg June 6 . Cross Keys June 8 . Port Republic June 9 . Luray June 10 . At Middletown until July 7 , and at Luray until August . Pope ' s Campaign in northern Virginia August 16 - September 2 . Fords of the Rappahannock August 21 – 23 . Freeman ' s Ford and Hazel Run August 22 . Battles of Gainesville August 28 . Groveton August 29 . Bull Run August 30 . Duty in the defenses of Washington and at Fairfax Court House until December . Manassas Gap November 5 – 6 . March to Fredericksburg , Va . , December 10 – 16 . Burnside ' s 2nd Campaign ( " Mud March " ) January 20 – 24 , 1863 . Chancellorsville Campaign April 27 - May 6 . Battle of Chancellorsville May 1 – 5 . Gettysburg Campaign June 11 - July 24 . Battle of Gettysburg July 1 – 3 . On line of the Rappahannock until September . Movement to Bridgeport , Ala . , September 24 - October 3 . Reopening Tennessee River October 26 – 29 . Battle of Wauhatchie , Tenn . , October 28 – 29 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Orchard Knob November 23 . Missionary Ridge November 24 – 25 . Garrison duty at Chattanooga until April 23 , 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8 , 1864 . Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . Buzzard ' s Roost Gap May 8 – 9 . 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 . Pickett ' s Mills May 27 . 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 ; Chattanooga River July 5 – 17 ; Peachtree Creek July 19 – 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 . Ordered to Chattanooga , Tenn . , September , and garrison duty there until June 1865 . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 29 men during service ; 1 officer and 13 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 15 enlisted men died of disease .