Ohio 12th Volunteer Independent Light Artillery (Union)
12/09/1861
Battle - Cheat Mountain - Pochahontas County, West Virginia; Randolph County, West Virginia
17/03/1862
Organized - Ohio 12th Volunteer Independent Light Artillery - Ohio
08/06/1862
Battle - Cross Keys - Rockingham County, Virginia
Cross Keys
Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont's and his 11,000-man Mountain Department army were tasked with keeping Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's two-division force engaged in the Shenandoah Valley and unable to join with Robert E. Lee's army defending Richmond during the Peninsula Campaign against the Confederate capital. In early June, Jackson's men under Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell were encamped in the vicinity of Cross Keys on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. Union screening cavalry approached Jackson f…READ MORE
13/12/1862
Battle - Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg
In early November, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac, and made immediate plans to move the army once again toward Richmond.READ MORE
10/07/1865
Mustered Out - Ohio 12th Volunteer Independent Light Artillery - Ohio
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