4th Ohio Battery 4th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 4th Ohio Battery was organized in Cincinnati , Ohio and mustered in for three years service on August 17 , 1861 under Captain Louis Hoffman . The battery was attached to Army of the West and Department of the Missouri to February 1862 . 1st Division , Army of Southwest Missouri to May 1862 . Artillery , 3rd Division , Army of Southwest Missouri to July 1862 . District of Eastern Arkansas , Department of the Missouri , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 11th Division , Right Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition , to January 1863 . Artillery , 1st Division , XV Corps , Army of the Tennessee , August 1864 . The 4th Ohio Battery ceased to exist on March 19 , 1865 when its veterans and recruits were transferred to the 10th Ohio Battery . Detailed service . Moved to St . Louis , Mo . , August 21 , 1861 , then to Jefferson City and to Sedalia , Mo . , September 30 . Fremont ' s Campaign against Springfield , Mo . , October 13 – 27 . Duty at Springfield until November 8 . Moved to Rolla , Mo . , November 8 , and duty there until February 1862 . Curtis ' advance on Springfield , Mo . , February 2 – 13 . Campaign against Price in Missouri and Arkansas February and March . Battles of Pea Ridge March 6 – 8 . March to Batesville , Ark . , April 5 - May 8 , and to Helena , Ark . , May 25 - July 14 . Duty there until October . Expedition up Yazoo August 16 – 27 . Capture of Steamer " Fair Play " August 17 . Milliken ' s Bend August 18 . Haines Bluff August 21 . Bolivar Landing August 22 . Greenville August 23 . Ordered to St . Genevieve , Mo . , October 7 , then to Pilot Knob , Mo . , and duty there until November 11 . Moved to St . Genevieve , then to Camp Steele , and duty there until December 22 . Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition December 22 , 1862 to January 3 , 1863 . Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28 . Chickasaw Bluff December 29 . Expedition to Arkansas Post , Ark . , January 3 – 10 , 1863 . Assault and capture of Fort Hindman , Arkansas Post , January 10 – 11 . Moved to Young ' s Point , La . , January 17 – 23 . Duty at Perkins ' Plantation and Ballard ' s Farm until April 2 . Expedition to Greenville , Black Bayou , and Deer Creek April 2 – 14 . Demonstrations on Haines and Snyder ' s Bluff April 26 - May 2 . Movement to join army in rear of Vicksburg , Miss . , via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2 – 14 . Battle of Jackson , Miss . , May 14 . Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Expedition to Greenville June 25 - July 1 . Gaines ' Landing June 28 . Surrender of Vicksburg July 4 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 5 – 10 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . Duty at Big Black until September . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , then march to Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 22 - November 21 . Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20 – 29 . Cherokee Station October 21 . Cane Creek October 26 . Bear Creek ( Tuscumbia ) October 27 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Battle of Lookout Mountain November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . At Larkinsville and Woodville , Ala . , until May 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to August 14 . Demonstrations on Resaca May 8 – 13 . Near Resaca May 13 . 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 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Battle of Atlanta July 22 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 14 . Ezra Chapel , Hood ' s 2nd sortie , July 28 . Ordered to rear August 14 , and non - veterans mustered out August 29 , 1864 . Veterans and Recruits attached to Artillery Reserve , Nashville , Tenn . , and attached to 10th Ohio Battery until March 1865 , then transferred to 10th Ohio Battery March 19 , 1865 . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 34 men during service ; 1 officer and 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 27 enlisted men died of disease .