17th Ohio Battery 17th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The battery was organized in Dayton , Ohio and mustered in August 21 , 1862 for a three - year enlistment under Captain Ambrose A . Blount . The battery was attached to Artillery , 1st Division , Army of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to October 1862 . Unattached , Army of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , Lexington , Kentucky , to November 1862 . Artillery , 10th Division , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . Artillery , 1st Division , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition , to January 1863 . Artillery , 10th Division , XIII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to August 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XIII Corps , Department of the Gulf , to June 1864 . Defenses of New Orleans , Louisiana , to August 1864 . United States Forces , Mobile Bay , Department of the Gulf , to September 1864 . Unattached Artillery , XIX Corps , Department of the Gulf , to December 1864 . Unattached , Artillery Reserve Corps , Military Division West Mississippi , to February 1865 . Artillery Brigade , XVI Corps , Military Division West Mississippi , to July 1865 . The 17th Ohio Battery mustered out of service on August 16 , 1865 . Detailed service . Ordered to Covington , Ky . , September 3 . Duty at Covington , Ky . , during threatened attack on Cincinnati by Edmund Kirby Smith . March to Lexington , Ky . , then to Louisville , Ky . , and duty there until December 1 . Ordered to Memphis , Tenn . , December 1 . Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition December 20 , 1862 to January 3 , 1863 . Expedition from Milliken ' s Bend to Dallas Station and Delhi December 25 – 26 . Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28 . Chickasaw Bluff December 29 . Expedition to Arkansas Post , Ark . , January 3 – 10 , 1863 . Assault on and capture of Fort Hindman , Arkansas Post , January 10 – 11 . Moved to Young ' s Point , La . , January 15 . Expedition to Greenville , Miss . , and Cypress Bend , Ark . , February 14 – 26 . Action at Cypress Bend February 19 . Moved to Milliken ' s Bend March 8 . Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30 . Battle of Port Gibson May 1 . Battle of Champion Hill May 16 . Siege of Vicksburg , Miss . , May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Advance on Jackson July 5 – 10 . Siege of Jackson , Miss . , July 10 – 17 . Assault on Jackson July 12 . Duty at Vicksburg until August 20 . Ordered to New Orleans , La . , and duty there until September 5 . At Brashear City until October 3 . Expedition to New and Amite Rivers September 24 – 29 . Western Louisiana ( " Teche " ) Campaign October 3 - November 30 . Grand Coteau November 3 . Moved to New Orleans , La . , and duty there until August 1864 . Operations in Mobile Bay against Forts Gaines and Morgan August 2 – 23 . Siege and capture of Fort Gaines August 3 – 8 . Siege and capture of Fort Morgan August 10 – 23 . Duty at New Orleans until March 1865 . Campaign against Mobile , Ala . , and its defenses March 17 - April 12 . Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26 - April 8 . Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9 . Occupation of Mobile April 12 . March to Montgomery April 13 – 25 . Duty at Montgomery and Selma , Ala . , until July . Ordered home for muster out . Casualties . The battery lost a total of 44 men during service ; 1 enlisted man killed , 1 officer and 42 enlisted men died due to disease .