The battalion was organized in Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville, Tennessee, from June 13, 1863, through October 16, 1863, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Clay Crawford.
Battery A was enrolled at Memphis in June 1701 and mustered in at Nashville for three years service on October 10, 1862, under the command of Captain Ephraim C. Abbott.
Battery A was attached to Post of Nashville, Department of the Ohio, August to December 1862.
Post of Clarksville, Tennessee, District of Western Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to April 1863.
Post of Clarksville, Tennessee, District of Central Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to June 1863.
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Reserve Corps, Department of the Cumberland, to August 1863.