24th Ohio Battery

24th Ohio Independent Battery
Active	August 4, 1863 to June 24, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Artillery

24th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The battery was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on August 24, 1863 under the command of Captain John L. Hill.

The battery was ordered to Cincinnati, September 22, then moved to Johnson's Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, November 10, and served guard duty there until August 6, 1864. Moved to Camp Chase August 6, then to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, August 27, and served guard duty there June 10, 1865.

The 24th Ohio Battery mustered out of service on June 24, 1865 at Camp Dennison.

Casualties

The battery lost a total of 6 men during service, all due to disease.

Commanders

Captain John L. Hill

References

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865, Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission (Akron, OH: Werner Co.), 1886-1895.
Reid, Whitelaw. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers (Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin), 1868. ISBN 9781154801965

Attribution

This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.

External links

Ohio in the Civil War: 24th Ohio Battery by Larry Stevens

Ohio in the American Civil War

1861	Early military recruiting Camp Chase Camp Dennison Camp Harrison Camp Thomas Department of the Ohio McClellan's Buckeyes seize western Virginia Fighting McCooks Johnson's Island POW camp

1862	Anti-war movement Knights of the Golden Circle First Confederate incursion into Ohio Defense of Cincinnati Black Brigade of Cincinnati

1863	"Fort Fizzle" Morgan's Raid Battle of Buffington Island Battle of Salineville

1864-65	Hundred Days Men Ohio's generals and admirals Ohio's regiments Cincinnati in the War Cleveland in the War Buckeye POWs and the Sultana

Post-war	Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument

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