Battery B, 1st Ohio Light Artillery

Battery B, 1st Ohio Light Artillery, part of Cruft's Brigade, Palmer's Division, 21st Army Corps, served under 1st Lieutenant Norman A. Baldwin at the Battle of Chickamauga. On September 19th, 1863, it fought with its brigade near the south end of Brock Field from 12:30 to 3:00 P.M. and at 5:30 P.M. went into action a little northeast of Poe House, helping repulse troops that had crossed the Rossville Road. On September 20th, 1863, it occupied this position throughout the battle. The battery had 2 officers and 126 men engaged and lost 1 killed, 8 wounded, and 4 missing; 13 horses were disabled or killed, 2 guns were disabled and abandoned, and 1145 rounds were fired. The battery was organized by Captain William E. Standart, mustered in at Cincinnati in October 1861, re-enlisted in January 1864, and mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, on July 22, 1865.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States