U.S. 3d Battery, Ohio Light Artillery

U.S. 3d Battery, Ohio Light Artillery, part of the 3d Division, 17th Corps, Army of the Tennessee, under Capt. William S. Williams, was the third and final battery of Maj. Gen. John A. Logan’s division to arrive on the field. Going into battery around 11:30 a.m., May 12, 1863, this battery of four 12-pounder James rifles and two 6-pounder smoothbores served in this position on the left of the gun line to prevent any Confederate flanking movement from the west. No casualties were reported.

Mississippi · United States