Battery K, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
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Battery K, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery
battery
that served in the Union Army
during the American Civil War
.
, Cleveland
, and Camp Dennison
near Cincinnati, Ohio
and mustered in for a three year enlistment on October 22, 1861 under Captain William L. DeBeck. The regiment was organized as early as 1860 under Ohio's militia laws, under Colonel
James Barnett.
The battery was attached to Cheat Mountain District, West Virginia, to March 1862. Cheat Mountain District, Department of the Mountains, to June 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, I Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia
, to September 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, XI Corps, Army of the Potomac
, to March 1863. Reserve Artillery, XI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March 1863. Artillery Brigade, XI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1863 and Army of the Cumberland
to December 1863. Garrison Artillery, Bridgeport, Alabama, Department of the Cumberland, to April 1864. Unattached Artillery, Department of the Cumberland, to May 1864. Stevenson, Alabama, District of North Alabama, Department of the Cumberland, to October 1864. 3rd Brigade, Defenses Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Department of the Cumberland, to March 1865. Post of Stevenson, Alabama, Department of the Cumberland, to July 1865.
Battery K, 1st Ohio Light Artillery mustered out of service on July 17, 1865.
Artillery
Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
battery
Artillery battery
In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit of guns, mortars, rockets or missiles so grouped in order to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems...
that served in the Union Army
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
.
Service
The battery was organized in MariettaMarietta, Ohio
Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Ohio, United States. During 1788, pioneers to the Ohio Country established Marietta as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory. Marietta is located in southeastern Ohio at the mouth...
, Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
, and Camp Dennison
Camp Dennison
Camp Dennison was a military recruiting, training, and medical post for the United States Army during the American Civil War. It was located near Cincinnati, Ohio, not far from the Ohio River. The camp was named for Cincinnati native William Dennison, Ohio's governor at the start of the war.With...
near Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
and mustered in for a three year enlistment on October 22, 1861 under Captain William L. DeBeck. The regiment was organized as early as 1860 under Ohio's militia laws, under Colonel
Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
James Barnett.
The battery was attached to Cheat Mountain District, West Virginia, to March 1862. Cheat Mountain District, Department of the Mountains, to June 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, I Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia
Army of Virginia
The Army of Virginia was organized as a major unit of the Union Army and operated briefly and unsuccessfully in 1862 in the American Civil War. It should not be confused with its principal opponent, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by Robert E...
, to September 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, XI Corps, Army of the Potomac
Army of the Potomac
The Army of the Potomac was the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.-History:The Army of the Potomac was created in 1861, but was then only the size of a corps . Its nucleus was called the Army of Northeastern Virginia, under Brig. Gen...
, to March 1863. Reserve Artillery, XI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March 1863. Artillery Brigade, XI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1863 and 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 December 1863. Garrison Artillery, Bridgeport, Alabama, Department of the Cumberland, to April 1864. Unattached Artillery, Department of the Cumberland, to May 1864. Stevenson, Alabama, District of North Alabama, Department of the Cumberland, to October 1864. 3rd Brigade, Defenses Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Department of the Cumberland, to March 1865. Post of Stevenson, Alabama, Department of the Cumberland, to July 1865.
Battery K, 1st Ohio Light Artillery mustered out of service on July 17, 1865.
Detailed service
Left Ohio for western Virginia February 1862.Battle of McDowell May 8, 1862. Franklin May 28. Pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley, Strasburg and Staunton Road June 1–2. Harrisonburg June 6. Cross Keys June 8. Port Republic June 9. At Middletown until July, and at Sperryville until August. Pope's Campaign in northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21–23. Freeman's Ford, Hazel River and Leary's Ford August 22. Waterloo Bridge August 23–25. Battle of Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C., until December. Expedition from Centreville to Warrenton. Junction and Bristoe Station September 25–28. March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 10–16. Burnside's 2nd Campaign ("Mud March"), January 20–24. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1–5. Gettysburg Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1–3. Duty on line of the Rappahannock until September. Moved to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. Reopening Tennessee River October 26–29. Battle of Wauhatchie October 28–29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27. Lookout Mountain November 23–24. Missionary Ridge November 25. Assigned to reserve artillery and garrison duty at Bridgeport and Stevenson, Ala., December 1863 to July 1865. Ordered home July 3.Casualties
The battery lost a total of 20 men during service; 1 officer and 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 14 enlisted men died of disease.Commanders
- Captain William L. DeBeck
- Captain Lewis Heckman
- Lieutenant George B. Haskin - commanded at the Second Battle of Bull Run
- Lieutenant Nicholas Sahm - commanded at the Battle of Lookout Mountain
See also
- List of Ohio Civil War units
- Ohio in the Civil WarOhio in the Civil WarDuring 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...