2nd Ohio Independent Battery Light Artillery Soldier Roster in the American Civil War

This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 2nd Ohio Independent Battery Light Artillery (Three Years’ Service), organized by Field & Staff and 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.

Field & Staff

• Captain Thomas J. Carlin – Original commanding officer; service details in state reports.
• Captain William B. Chapman – Succeeded Carlin; see adjutant general records for dates.
• Captain Newton J. Smith – Later commander; service details in official records.
• Captain Augustus Beach – Final period of command; see muster-out rolls.
• First Lieutenant Conrad Gansevoort – Service noted in state reports.
• First Lieutenant Orlando L. Huston – Service noted in state reports.
• First Lieutenant Harvey B. Guthrie – Service noted in state reports.
• First Lieutenant William H. Harper – Service noted in state reports.
• First Lieutenant Samuel S. Eaton – Service noted in state reports.
• Second Lieutenant Isaac W. Wheaton – Service noted in state reports.
• Second Lieutenant Homer A. Andrews – Service noted in state reports.
• Second Lieutenant Thaddeus S. Young – Service noted in state reports.

Non-Commissioned Staff

Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.

Section 1

Records for this section are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.

Section 2

Records for this section are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.

Section 3

Records for this section are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.

Unassigned Recruits

Some members joined as recruits and may not be listed under a specific section. Consult the state adjutant general’s report for additional names and details.

Consolidations or Transfers

On expiration of original enlistments, non-veterans were mustered out; veterans and recruits continued service until final muster out in August 1865.

Sources & Notes

• Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, relevant volumes and parts covering Western Theater artillery units.
• State Adjutant General Report for Ohio (various years, volumes covering artillery units, muster rolls, and casualty lists).
• Dyer’s Compendium.
• Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
• The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Volume 2.