Battery F, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery

Artillery

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 battery

Artillery battery

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 that served in the Union Army

Union Army

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 during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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Service

The battery was organized in August 1861 at Camp Lucas in Clermont County, Ohio

Clermont County, Ohio

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 and mustered in for a three year enlistment on December 2, 1861. The regiment was organized as early as 1860 under Ohio's militia laws, under Colonel

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 James Barnett. This battery was recruited in Adams

Adams County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 27,330 people, 10,501 households, and 7,613 families residing in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile . There were 11,822 housing units at an average density of 20 per square mile...

, Brown

Brown County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 42,285 people, 15,555 households, and 11,790 families residing in the county. The population density was 86 people per square mile . There were 17,193 housing units at an average density of 35 per square mile...

, and Clermont counties.

The battery was attached to 4th Division, Army of the Ohio

Army of the Ohio

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, to February 1862. Artillery, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, to July 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 19th Brigade, 4th Division, II Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, Left Wing, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland

Army of the Cumberland

The Army of the Cumberland was one of the principal Union armies in the Western Theater during the American Civil War. It was originally known as the Army of the Ohio.-History:...

, to January 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, XXI Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Department of the Cumberland, to March 1864. 2nd Division, Artillery Reserve, Department of the Cumberland, to March 1864. Garrison Artillery, Decatur, Alabama, District of Northern Alabama, Department of the Cumberland, to July 1865.

Battery F, 1st Ohio Light Artillery mustered out of service on July 22, 1865.

Detailed service

Moved to Camp Dennison, Ohio, September 1 and mustered in December 2, 1861. Left Ohio for Louisville, Ky., December 3. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., February 10–25, 1862. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 18-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, April 7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Buell's Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to London, Ky., October 1–22. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8 (reserve). Danville October 11. Wild Cat Mountain October 16. Big Rockcastle River October 16. Near Mt. Vernon October 16. Near Crab Orchard October 16. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 23-November 7. Duty at Nashville until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26–30. Battle of Stones River December 30–31, 1862, and January 1–3, 1863. Woodbury, Tenn., January 24. At Readyville until June. Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. At Manchester until August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga, September 19–20. Siege of Chattanooga, September 24-November 23. Battles of Chattanooga November 23–27. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and duty there until March 1864. Moved to Decatur, Ala., and duty there until July 1865. Expedition from Decatur to Moulton, Ala., July 25–28, 1864. Action at Courtland, Ala., July 25. Siege of Decatur October 26–29, 1864.

Casualties

The battery lost a total of 36 men during service; 1 officer and 7 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 28 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

• Captain Daniel T. Cockerill - commanded at the battles of Perryville and Stones River
• Lieutenant Norval Osburn - commanded at the battle of Stones River
• Lieutenant Giles J. Cockerill - commanded at the battle of Chickamauga

See also

• List of Ohio Civil War units
• Ohio in the Civil War
  Ohio in the Civil War
  During the American Civil War, the State of Ohio played a key role in providing troops, military officers, and supplies to the Union army. Due to its central location in the Northern United States and burgeoning population, Ohio was both politically and logistically important to the war effort...
  
  

External links

• Ohio in the Civil War: Battery F, 1st Ohio Light Artillery by Larry Stevens