Adams County, Ohio Military History
Civil War: First Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery
Battery F
This company was mustered in 02 Dec 1861, at Camp Dennison OH and was mustered out 22 Jul 1865. The company was raised about Locust Grove in Adams County and Ripley in Brown County.
The original officers were: Daniel T. Cockerill, captain, who was promoted to major 24 Jul 1864; Samuel M. Espey, first lieutenant, resigned 15 Jun 1862; Giles J. Cockerill, first lieutenant, promoted to captain of Company D 16 Mar 1834; George W. Blair, second lieutenant, resigned 15 Jan 1862; John Lynch, second lieutenant.
This battery participated in the following battles: Corinth MS advanced on 18 Apr-30 May 1862; Stone River TN 31 Dec 1862-02 Jan 1863; Chickamauga TN 19-20 Sep 1863.
The following were the causalities in the battery:
Leonard E. Barber | 09 May 1862 | died ten miles from the Tennessee River |
William Barney | 15 Jul 1863 | died at Louisville KY |
Banford Bell | 31 Mar 1862 | died at Columbia TN |
Elias Briddle | 03 Aug 1864 | died at Decatur AL |
Samuel Billingsley | 27 May 1864 | |
Joseph E. Bratton | 22 Jan 1862 | died at Camp Chase OH |
Lewis A. Brown | 07 Sep 1864 | died at Decatur AL |
Orticle Brundege | 26 Mar 1864 | |
William T. Carter | 16 Jun 1862 | |
George W. Davidson | 05 Apr 1862 | |
Josiah J. Downing | 13 Feb 1863 | died at Stone River |
Hugh Frazier | 01 Aug 1862 | died at Manchester TN |
Harrison Frazier | 13 Feb 1863 | died near Readyville TN of wounds |
John A. Harsha | 11 Mar 1864 | |
Lafayette Joiner | 30 Jun 1864 | |
Edwin M. Kinney | 21 Jul 1864 | died at Wooster OH |
Alexander Lorenzo | 29 May 1865 | died at Huntsville AL |
John Lynch, second lieutenant | 19 Sep 1863 | killed at the battle of Chickamauga GA |
Matthew McClollum | 15 May 1862 | |
William McDonald | 10 Jan 1864 | died at Nashville TN |
James S. McKnitt | 17 Feb 1864 | died in Adams County OH |
Thomas A. Nicholas | 31 Dec 1862 | killed at the battle of Stone River |
Maxwell D. Parr | 01 Aug 1864 | died at Decatur AL |
William T. Savage | 16 Oct 1864 | died at Nashville TN |
Lorin A. Steele | 16 Apr 1862 | died at Nashville TN |
John Stevens | 14 Mar 1863 | died at Murfreesboro TN |
William O. Suters | 05 Jan 1865 | died at Decatur AL |
Robert Vance | 25 Feb 1862 | died at Paducah KY |
David M. Waggoner | 18 Feb 1864 | died at Nashville TN |
From A HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY, OHIO
from its earliest settlement to the present time including character sketches of the prominent persons identified with the first century of the county's growth and containing numerous engravings and illustrations
Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers [1900, West Union OH]