20th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery.

On September 20, 1863, the 20th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery, with four 3-inch rifles and two Napoleons, served in Dodge’s Brigade, Johnson’s Division, McCook’s Corps under Capt. Edward Grosskopff. The battery remained in the rear of the brigade in the early morning, moved into position on this ground soon after 9 A.M., and helped hold in check an attack on the left flank. About 11 or 11:30 A.M., a staff officer ordered it to take position farther to the right, but it did not reach the designated point before the line was broken. The battery then withdrew toward the hills and soon after noon proceeded toward McFarland’s Gap and Rossville, where it bivouacked. Its battle casualties were 2 men wounded, 2 men missing, 9 horses killed, 2 wounded, and one caisson abandoned.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States