3rd Ohio Battery


3rd Ohio Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 3rd Ohio Battery was organized in Canton, Minerva, and Massillon, Ohio November 9, 1861, through March 15, 1862, and mustered in for three years service under Captain William S. Williams.
The battery was attached to 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July 1862. Artillery, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Mississippi, to November 1862. 3rd Division, Left Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, XVII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to November 1864. Artillery Reserve, Nashville, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to March 1865. Garrison Fort Donelson, Tennessee, 5th Sub-District, District of Middle Tennessee, to July 1865.
The 3rd Ohio Battery mustered out of service August 1, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio.

Detailed service

Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4.
Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22.
Surrender of Vicksburg July 4.
Duty at Vicksburg until February 1864.
Expedition to Canton and Brownsville October 14–20, 1863.
Bogue Chitto Creek October 17. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2, 1864.
Clinton, Mississippi, March 26.
The battery lost a total of 58 men during service; 1 enlisted man killed, 57 enlisted men died of disease.

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