17th Ohio (Independent) Light Artillery Battery

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
Organized at Dayton, Ohio, and mustered in August 21, 1862. Ordered to Covington, Ky., September 3. Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to October, 1862. Unattached, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, Lexington, Ky., to November, 1862. Artillery, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. Artillery, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864. Defenses of New Orleans, La., to August, 1864. United States Forces, Mobile Bay, Dept. of the Gulf, to September, 1864. Unattached Artillery, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to December, 1864. Unattached, Artillery Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to February, 1865. Artillery Brigade, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Covington, Ky., during threatened attack on Cincinnati by Kirby Smith. March to Lexington, Ky., thence 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. 
* May 1, 1863 - Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi
* Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. 
* May 18-July 4, 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
** May 19, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
** May 22, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
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. 
* October 3-November 30, 1863 - The (II) Bayou Teche Campaign 
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. Mustered out August 16, 1865.
== Regimental Roster ==
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
* Battery lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 1 Officer and 42 Enlisted men by disease. Total 44.
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 749, 777, 779, 1493)
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