This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 6th Ohio Independent Battery Light Artillery, 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.
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Field & Staff
- Captain Cullen Bradley – Original commanding officer; mustered in December 10, 1861.
- Captain Aaron P. Baldwin – Later commanding officer.
- First Lieutenant Oliver H. P. Ayres – Promoted from lower rank; service details in adjutant general reports.
- First Lieutenant James P. McElroy – Service noted in state records.
- First Lieutenant George W. James – Service noted in state records.
- First Lieutenant Eleazer H. Neal – Service noted in state records.
- First Lieutenant Joel Hersh – Service noted in state records.
- First Lieutenant Adam P. Galloway – Service noted in state records.
- Second Lieutenant Edwin S. Ferguson – Service noted in state records.
- Second Lieutenant George W. Smetts – Service noted in state records.
- Second Lieutenant George R. Wright – Service noted in state records.
- Second Lieutenant Lemuel Krisher – Service noted in state records.
Non-Commissioned Staff
- Sergeant Major – Name and service details to be added from state adjutant general reports.
- Quartermaster Sergeant – Name and service details to be added.
- Other Non-Commissioned Staff – Details to be added as available.
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
Records for unassigned recruits, if any, are incomplete in the available sources.
Consolidations or Transfers
On the expiration of its term of service, original members except veterans were mustered out. The organization, composed of veterans and recruits, remained in service until September 1, 1865, when it was mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, relevant volumes and parts covering artillery units and Ohio batteries.
- State Adjutant General Report for Ohio (years 1861–1865; volumes and pages as available).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Volume 2.