The battery was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on December 17, 1861.
The regiment was organized as early as 1860 under Ohio's militia laws, under Colonel James Barnett (Joseph Bartlett).
The battery was attached to 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, to June 1862.
Artillery, 2nd Division, Center, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863.
1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Cumberland, to March 1864.
2nd Division, Artillery Reserve, Department of the Cumberland, to August 1864.
Artillery Post of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to November 1864.
Artillery Brigade, IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to August 1865.
Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22.
Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11.
Expedition to Bull's Gap and operations in eastern Tennessee March 20-April 5.