15th Ohio Battery 15th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The battery was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati , Ohio and mustered in February 1 , 1862 for a three - year enlistment under Captain Edward Spear , Jr . . The battery was attached to Artillery , 4th Division , Army of the Tennessee , to July 1862 . 4th Division , District of Memphis , Tennessee , to September 1862 . 4th Division , District of Jackson , Tennessee , to November 1862 . 4th Division , Right Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . Artillery , 4th Division , XVII Corps , to January 1863 . Artillery , 4th Division , XVI Corps , to July 1863 . Artillery , 4th Division , XIII Corps , to August 1863 . Artillery , 4th Division , XVII Corps , to November 1864 . Artillery Brigade , XVII Corps , to June 1865 . The 15th Ohio Battery mustered out of service in Columbus , Ohio on June 20 , 1865 . Detailed service . Ordered to Cincinnati , Ohio , then to Fort Leavenworth , Kansas , February 16 . While en route , disembarked at Paducah , Ky . , and duty there until April 15 . Ordered to Pittsburg Landing , Tenn . , April 15 . Whitehall Landing April 17 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . March to Memphis , Tenn . , via Grand Junction , LaGrange and Holly Springs June 1 - July 21 . Duty at Memphis until September 6 . March to Bolivar and Hatchie River September 6 – 14 . Expedition to Grand Junction September 20 . Skirmish with Price and Van Dorn September 21 . Battle of Metamora October 5 . Bolivar October 7 . Expedition from LaGrange toward Lamar , Miss . , November 5 . Grant ' s Central Mississippi Campaign . Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November 1862 to January 1863 . Action at Worsham ' s Creek November 6 . At Calersville , Tenn . , January to March 1863 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , March 9 , and duty there until May . Expedition to the Coldwater April 18 – 24 . Hernando April 18 . Perry ' s Ferry , Coldwater River , April 19 . Ordered to Vicksburg , Miss . , May 11 . Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 5 – 10 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . At Vicksburg until August 2 . Ordered to Natchez , Miss . , August 15 . Expedition to Harrisonburg September 1 – 8 . Near Harrisonburg and capture of Fort Beauregard September 4 . At Natchez until December . Ordered to Vicksburg and camp at Clear Creek until February , 1864 . Meridian Campaign February 3 - March 2 . Veterans on furlough March – April . Moved to Clifton , Tenn . , thence march via Huntsville and Decatur , Ala . , to Kingston , Ga . , and Ackworth , Ga . , April 28 - June 8 . Atlanta Campaign June 8 to September 8 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 5 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Turner ' s Ferry July 5 . Leggett ' s or Bald Hill July 20 – 21 . Battle of Atlanta July 22 . 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 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Pocotaligo , S . C . , January 14 . Barker ' s Mills , Whippy Swamp , February 2 . Salkehatchie Swamp February 2 – 5 . Binnaker ' s Bridge February 9 . Orangeburg February 12 – 13 . Columbia February 15 – 17 . Taylor ' s Hole Creek , Averysboro , N . C . , March 16 . Battle of Bentonville March 20 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 , and of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . March to Washington , D . C . , via Richmond , Va . , April 29 - May 20 . Grand Review of the Armies May 24 then moved to Columbus , Ohio . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 38 enlisted men during service ; 8 killed or mortally wounded , 30 died due to disease .