Unit

Federal Battery

Ohio Light Artillery, First Battery

Commanding Officer:
Capt. James R. McMullin

The battery was re-equipped immediately after Antietam (before 1 October 1862) with 6 10-pounder Parrott Rifles replacing the James Rifles.

Map Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #9: Burnside Attacks the Lower Bridge

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit:
   Tablet #56: Ninth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 16 Sep, 3 PM
   Tablet #59: Kanawha Division, Ninth Army Corps - 16 Sep, 6 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
   Tablet #61: Ewing's Brigade, Kanawha Division - 16 Sep, 6 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
   Tablet #122: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
   Tablet #70, cont: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 3 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
   Tablet #70: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
   Tablet #57: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM

This Battery's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Ninth (IX) Army Corps
  Division - Kanawha Division, IX Corps
  Brigade - 1st Brigade, Kanawha Division, IX Corps

In the Antietam Campaign:
At South mountain on September 14th, "Lieutenant Crome, commanding a section of McMullins battery, was killed whilst serving a piece in place of the gunner, who had been disabled."
(from Gen. Cox's report)

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Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?	Details*
--	Capt	McMullin, James R

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