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

Service

The 24th Ohio 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

See also

• List of Ohio Civil War units
• Ohio in the Civil War

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