The battery was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on November 7, 1861, under Captain James F. Huntington.
The regiment was organized as early as 1860 under Ohio's militia laws, under Colonel James Barnett.
The battery was attached to Landers' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862.
Artillery, Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' V Corps, and Department of the Shenandoah to May 1862.
1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June 1863.
3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to August 1863.
4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to October 1863.
Artillery Brigade, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December 1863.
2nd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to April 1864.
Artillery Brigade, VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July 1864.
Artillery Brigade, VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March 1865.