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Ohio - 17th Battery

Vicksburg, Mississippi

 
 

 

Ohio
17th Battery

Casualties
In the Battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, No Casualties
In the Battle of Champion's Hill, May 15, 11863, No Casualties
In the Assault, May 19, Sustained No Casualties
In the Assault, May 22, Wounded 3
And during the siege, not reported.

Aggregate reported Casualties in Battery during the Campaign and Siege, Wounded 3.

U.S.
17th Battery
Ohio Light Artillery
10th Division, 13th Corps; Army of the Tennessee
Captain Ambrose A. Blount; Captain Charles S. Rice

The 2nd section, under Lieut. William Hunt, served two 10 pounder Parrott Rifles in this position; "Burnt Chimneys," from the morning of May 21 to about May 25, 1863, when it was ordered to a battery near the right of the division and corps.

Vicksburg National Military Park

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