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Title: Our Battery
The Journal of Company B, 1st O.V.A.

Author: Orlando P. Cutter

Release Date: April 5, 2010 [EBook #31887]

Language: English

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OUR BATTERY;
OR THE
JOURNAL OF COMPANY B,
1st O. V. A.,

BY O. P. CUTTER.

CLEVELAND, OHIO:
NEVINS' BOOK AND JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT.
1864.

DEDICATION.

To COLONEL JAMES BARNETT, commanding the First Ohio Artillery, than whom a
braver, or kinder hearted man to the soldier does not exist, this humble
work is respectfully inscribed by his friend,

THE AUTHOR.

AUTHOR'S NOTE.--This little work was hastily written during the leisures
of Camp Life, and without any intention of ever putting it in print. But,
by the urgent entreaties of his companions-in-arms, the author has finally
concluded to risk it--incomplete though it be--in the hands of a generous
public.

OUR BATTERY.

CHAPTER I.

In accordance with the Proclamation of President Lincoln, calling out
troops for three years, or during the war--which in future history will be
better known as the great Southern Rebellion--a Regiment of Light
Artillery was at once organized in this State, and the command given to
COL. JAMES BARNETT, of Cleveland, than whom no person was more qualified
for the position. For many years previous to the present outbreak he had
interested himself in the study of Artillery, and for some time commanded
a battery in this city, which, under his skillful management, became
highly proficient.

Of the batteries composing the above regiment, Co. B, of which we are
about to give the Journal, was the second organized, and W. E. Standart
elected Captain, and J. A. Bennett and J. H. Sypher as First Lieutenants,
and N. A. Baldwin and E. P. Sturges for Second Lieutenants. All the
commissioned officers and a portion of the