This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of Cotter’s Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery (Three Months’ Service), organized by Field & Staff and individual sections. Information is drawn from 19th-century state adjutant general reports, the Official Records, and verified regimental histories.
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For an overview of this regiment’s organization, service, engagements, and casualties, see the regiment summary page.
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If you’re researching ancestors in Cotter’s Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery (Three Months’ Service), these resources may provide additional historical detail, including regimental histories and Civil War reference works.
Field & Staff
- Captain Charles S. Cotter – Commanding officer; mustered in April 25, 1861; mustered out September 3, 1861.
Non-Commissioned Staff
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Unassigned Recruits
Records of unassigned recruits, if any, are not fully detailed in available reports.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, relevant volumes and pages.
- State Adjutant General Report for Ohio (year and volume as applicable).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Vol. 2.