5th Ohio Independent Battery Light Artillery Soldier Roster in the American Civil War

This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 5th 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 Andrew Hickenlooper – Original commanding officer; mustered in 1861.
• Captain Theophilus Kates – Later commanding officer.
• First Lieutenant John H. Holenshade – Service noted in regimental records.
• First Lieutenant Anthony B. Burton – Service noted in regimental records.
• First Lieutenant Lewis C. Sawyer – Service noted in regimental records.
• First Lieutenant Bellamy S. Matson – Service noted in regimental records.
• First Lieutenant John D. Burner – Service noted in regimental records.
• First Lieutenant Charles J. Marsh – Service noted in regimental records.
• First Lieutenant J. Henry Stegeman – Service noted in regimental records.
• First Lieutenant Walter J. Trotter – Service noted in regimental records.
• Second Lieutenant Julius F. Blackburn – Service noted in regimental records.
• Second Lieutenant William L. Broadwell – Service noted in regimental records.
• Second Lieutenant Ozro L. Edwards – Service noted in regimental records.
• Second Lieutenant Alexander Temple – Service noted in regimental records.

Non-Commissioned Staff

Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.

Section 1

Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.

Section 2

Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.

Section 3

Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.

Section 4

Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.

Unassigned Recruits

Records for unassigned recruits, if any, are incomplete in the state adjutant general reports.

Consolidations or Transfers

No major consolidations or transfers are noted for this battery in available primary sources.

Sources & Notes

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