Biography or Historical Note:
Organized at Grand Rapids, Albion and Marshall, Mich., and mustered in December 6, 1861. Left State for Louisville, Ky., thence moved to Bacon Creek, Ky., and duty there till February, 1862. Attached to Artillery, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1862. Post of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Ohio and Cumberland, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Garrison Artillery, Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 4th Army Corps, to February, 1865. Unattached, District of North Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865. Advance on Nashville, Tenn., February 10-March 3, 1862. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 17-April 7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Occupation of Corinth and pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. Garrison duty at Nashville, Tenn., till June, 1863. Siege of Nashville, Tenn., September 12-November 7, 1862. Moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., June 1, 1863, and duty there till October. Return to Nashville, Tenn., and garrison duty there till December, 1864. Rousseau's Raid into Alabama and Georgia July 10-22, 1864 (1 Section). Ten Islands, Coosa River, July 14. Stone's Ferry, Tallapoosa River, July 15. Nontasulga July 18. Chewa Station July 18. Opelika July 18. McCook's Raid on Atlanta & West Point Railroad and Macon & Western Railroad July 27-31 (1 Section), Lovejoy's Station July 29. Newnan's July 30. Battle of Nashville, Tenn., December 15-16, 1864. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Duty at Nashville till February, 1865. Ordered to Decatur, Ala., and garrison duty there till July. Mustered out July 30, 1865. Battery lost during service 33 by disease.
