20th Ohio Battery


20th Ohio Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 20th Ohio Battery was organized at Camp Taylor in Cleveland, Ohio and mustered in October 29, 1862, for a three-year enlistment under Captain Louis Smithwright.
The battery was attached to 2nd Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Department of the Cumberland, to November 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to December 1863. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to November 1864. Garrison Artillery, at Nashville, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to February 1865. Garrison Artillery, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, until July 1865.
The 20th Ohio Battery mustered out of service on July 19, 1865.

Detailed service

The battery lost a total of 24 men during service; 1 officer and 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 17 enlisted men died due to disease.

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