Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery

On September 20, 1863, Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery, with four James guns and two Napoleons, served in Croxton's Brigade, Brannan's Division, Thomas' Corps, under 1st Lieutenant Marco B. Gary, with 1st Lieutenant Hiram W. Turner, 2d Lieutenant Thomas King, and 2d Lieutenant Jerome B. Stephens. At 7 a.m. the battery took position in the rear line of the brigade, and as the enemy attacked, Lieutenant Turner's section moved to this position and opened fire, soon joined by the rest of the battery. About 11 a.m. the enemy appeared marching by the flank across the front about 600 yards away, and the battery opened fire on him. After changing direction, the enemy attacked the battery's line and, after capturing nearly all of the 4th Michigan Battery and driving away the infantry, pushed to within 100 yards of the right piece. The battery then changed direction of fire to the right oblique and threw canister with great rapidity and fine effect, causing the enemy soon to fall back and the support to resume position on the battery's right. Fifteen minutes later, the enemy again advanced perpendicularly to its original front and to within 100 yards; the supports gave way, and the battery moved to the left and rear, where it joined General Negley's troops and moved with them to Rossville. Its casualties and losses were 4 men killed, 9 wounded, 26 horses killed and captured, 1 James gun lost, 1 caisson lost, and 1 rear part of a caisson lost.

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