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6th Ohio Battery

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
· Harker's Brigade
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The 6th Ohio Battery, part of Harker's Brigade in Wood's Division of the 21st Army Corps and commanded by Captain Cullen Bradley, was organized at Mansfield, Ohio, in November 1861 and was mustered out on September 1st, 1865. It occupied this position from 4:30 p.m. on September 19th, 1863, until dark, suffering 1 killed and 8 wounded, for a total loss of 9. On Sunday morning, September 20th, one section fired a few rounds from a knoll west of Brotherton's, but when the break occurred about noon, it was carried off the field and was taken by General Negley to Rossville.
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