Battery E , 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery E , 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The battery was organized Camp Dennison near Cincinnati , Ohio and mustered in for a three year enlistment on October 7 , 1861 . The regiment was organized as early as 1860 under Ohio ' s militia laws , under Colonel James Barnett . The battery was attached to 3rd Division , Army of the Ohio , December 1861 to September 1862 . Artillery , 2nd Division , I Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , Right Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . Post of Nashville , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to June 1863 . Artillery , 2nd Division , Reserve Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . Unassigned , Department of the Cumberland , to November 1863 . 1st Division , Artillery Reserve , Department of the Cumberland , to December 1863 . Garrison Artillery at Bridgeport , Alabama , Department of the Cumberland , to July 1864 . 1st Division , Artillery Reserve , Department of the Cumberland , to November 1864 . Garrison Artillery , Nashville , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to July 1865 . Battery E , 1st Ohio Light Artillery mustered out of service at Columbus , Ohio on July 10 , 1865 . Detailed service . Action at West Liberty , Ky . , October 23 . Expedition into eastern Ohio and western Virginia after Jenkins ' Cavalry November 23 – 29 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , December 2 , 1861 , thence to Bacon Creek , Ky . , and duty there until February 1862 . Advance on Bowling Green , Ky . , and Nashville , Tenn . , February 10 – 25 . Occupation of Nashville February 25 . Reconnaissance to Shelbyville and McMinnville March 25 – 29 . Advance on Fayetteville April 4 – 7 , and on Huntsville April 10 – 11 . Capture of Huntsville April 11 . Advance on and capture of Decatur , Florence and Tuscumbia April 11 – 14 . Action at West Bridge , near Bridgeport . April 29 . Destruction of railroad bridge across the Tennessee River . Relief of 18th Ohio Infantry at Athens May 1 and dispersement of Scott ' s Forces . Negley ' s Chattanooga Campaign May 27 - June 14 . Duty at Battle Creek June – July . Action at Battle Creek June 21 . Occupy Fort McCook August 20 – 25 . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 25 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 15 . Lawrenceburg October 6 . Dog Walk October 9 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 20 - November 7 , and duty there until December 26 . Reconnaissance from Lavergne November 19 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Battery captured December 31 . Ordered to Nashville , Tenn . , January 20 , 1863 and duty there until September . Moved to Stevenson , Ala . , September 6 ; thence to Battle Creek , Anderson ' s Cross Roads and Chattanooga . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Battles of Chattanooga November 23 – 25 . Garrison duty at Bridgeport , Ala . , until July 1864 , and at Nashville , Tenn . , until July 1865 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 , 1864 . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 32 men during service ; 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 29 enlisted men died of disease .