The 3rd Ohio Battery was organized in Canton, Minerva, and Massillon, Ohio November 9, 1861, through March 15, 1862, and mustered in for three years service under Captain William S. Williams.

The battery was attached to 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July 1862.

3rd Division, Left Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862.

Artillery, 3rd Division, XVII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to November 1864.

Artillery Reserve, Nashville, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to March 1865.