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This battery was organized at Oswego; recruited principally at Hastings, Oswego and Phoenix, and mustered in the service of the United States for three years at New York city, December 12, 1862. December 20, 1864, a number of men, in excess of the maximum strength allowed, were transferred to the 26th Battery. It left the State, under Capt. James Barnes, December 12, 1862, and served in the defenses of New Orleans, La., from January, 1863; at Port Hudson, La., from July, 1863; in the Reserve Artillery, 19th Corps, from July, 1864; at Morganza, La., from January, 1865; in Artillery Brigade, 13th Corps, from February, 1865; in 2d Brigade, 13th Corps, from May, 1865.

The battery, commanded by Captain Barnes, was honorably discharged and mustered out, September 8, 1865, at Syracuse, having during its service lost by death, of wounds received in action, 2 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 1 officer, 30 enlisted men; total, 1 officer, 32 enlisted men; aggregate, 33; of whom 1 enlisted man died in the hands of the enemy.