Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Plaque - Chickamauga National Military Park
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This plaques to Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery is located on the Poe Road near tour stop 3, Chickamauga National Battlefield. The plaque describes the action on September 20, 1863.
Waymark Code: WMM507
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/22/2014
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This plaque describes the actions
Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Plaque during the
Battle of Chickamauga fought September 19–20, 1863. Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was part of Croxton’s Brigade, Brannan’s Division, Thomas’ Corps and consisted of 4 James and 2 Napoleon cannons. The plaque is blue indicating that was a Union division. The plaque describes the action on September 20, 1863.
The plaque reads:
Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
4 James, 2 Napoleons
Croxton’s Brigade, Brannan’s Division, Thomas’ Corps
September 20, 1863
| 1st Lieut. | Marco B. Gary, Commanding. |
| 1st Lieut. | Hiram W. Turner |
| 2d Lieut. | Thomas King |
| 2d Lieut. | Jerome B. Stephens |
At 7 A.M. the battery took position in the rear of the brigade, and as the enemy attacked, Lieut. Turner’s section moved to this position and opened fire, being joined soon after by the rest of the Battery. About 11 A.M. the enemy appeared marching by the flank across the front and about 600 yards distant. The battery opened fire upon him. Changing direction he attacked the line of the battery after capturing nearly all of the 4th Michigan Battery and driving away the infantry he pushed to within 100 yards of the right piece. Changing direction of fire to the right oblique the Battery threw canister with great rapidity and find effect. The enemy soon fell back and the support resumed their position on the right of the battery. Fifteen minutes later, the enemy again advanced perpendicular to its original front and to within 100 yards. The supports gave way, the battery moved to the left and rear, where it joined the troops of Gen. Negley and moved with them to Rossville. Casualties: killed 4 men, wounded 9: Horses killed and captured 26: lost James Gun 1: cassions 1: rear part of caissons 1.
"The battery was organized Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 9, 1861. The regiment was organized as early as 1860 under Ohio's militia laws, under Colonel James Barnett.
The battery was attached to Schoepf's Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December 1861. Artillery, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, III Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Center, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, XIV Corps, to October 1863. 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Department of the Cumberland, to March 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, XI Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to July 1864. Artillery Brigade, XX Corps, to June 1865.
Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery mustered out of service at Cleveland, Ohio on June 15, 1865."
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Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery