United States Regiments & Batteries > Ohio
The 26th Ohio Independent Battery lost 22 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| August | Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, as Company “F” 32nd Ohio Infantry |
| September 15 | Left State for West Virginia |
| September 18 | At Grafton, W. Va. |
| September 22 | At Beverly. Attached to Kimball’s Brigade, Reynolds’ Command, West Virginia. |
| October | Stationed at Cheat Mountain Summit, W. Va. Assigned to Cheat Mountain District, West Virginia. |
| October 3 | Action at Greenbrier |
| October | Duty at Greenbrier |
| November | Attached to Milroy’s Brigade, Cheat Mountain District |
| December 13 | Camp Allegheny |
| December | Ordered to Beverly and duty there |
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1862
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| March | Assigned to Milroy’s Brigade, Mountain Department |
| April 1-12 | Expedition on the Seneca |
| April 12 | Action at Monterey |
| Apri | At Staunton |
| May 8 | Battle of McDowell |
| May | March to Franklin and duty there attached to Schenck’s Brigade, Mountain Department |
| May 25 | Pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley. |
| June 8 | Battle of Cross Keys |
| June | Duty at Strasburg and Winchester attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of Virginia |
| July 20 | Detached from 32nd Infantry for Artillery duty. Garrison at Winchester. |
| September 11-12 | Retreat to Harper’s Ferry |
| September 12-15 | Defense of Harper’s Ferry attached to Miles’ Command, Harper’s Ferry |
| September 15 | Battery surrendered with garrison |
| September | Paroled and sent to Annapolis, Md. |
| Fall | To Chicago, Ill., and to Camp Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio |
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1863
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| January 12 | Exchanged |
| January 20-25 | Again attached to 32nd Infantry and moved to Memphis, Tenn. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps |
| February 20 | Moved to Lake Providence, La. |
| April 17 | To Milliken’s Bend, La. |
| April 25-30 | Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf |
| May 1 | Battle of Port Gibson, Miss. |
| May 12 | Raymond |
| May 14 | Jackson |
| May 16 | Champion’s HillCaptured a Battery of six guns and assigned to duty as Artillery |
| May 18-July 4 | Siege of Vicksburg, Miss. |
| May 19 and 22 | Assaults on Vicksburg |
| August 3 | Attached to Battery D 1st Illinois Artillery and to 3rd Ohio Battery |
| August 20-September 2 | Expedition to Monroe, La., |
| October 14-20 | Expedition to Canton and Brownsville |
| December 22 | Permanently detached from 32nd Ohio as 26th Ohio Battery. Garrison duty at Vicksburg, Miss. Served with Artillery, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps |
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1864
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| January 1 to February 3 | On Veteran furlough |
| February 3-March 2 | Meridian Campaign |
| March | Duty at Vicksburg attached to Maltby’s Brigade, District of Vicksburg |
| September 29-October 3 | Expedition to Rodney and Fayette |
| October 4-11 | Expedition to Woodville |
| October 5-6 | Woodville |
| October | Moved to Natchez, Miss., and garrison duty there |
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1865
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| April | Ordered to Texas |
| April – August | Duty on the Rio Grande, Texas |
| August | Ordered home for muster out |
| September 2 | Mustered out at Todd’s Barracks, Columbus, Ohio |