Orleans, La., and duty there until August 1864. Operations in Mobile Bay against Forts Gaines and Morgan August 2–23. Siege and capture of Fort Gaines August 3–8. Siege and capture of Fort Morgan August 10–23. Duty at New Orleans until March 1865. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defenses March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13–25. Duty at Montgomery and Selma, Ala., until July. Ordered home for muster out. Casualties The battery lost a total of 44 men during service; 1 enlisted man killed, 1 officer and 42 enlisted men died due to disease. Commanders Captain Ambrose A. Blount Captain Charles S. Rice See also List of Ohio Civil War units Ohio in the Civil War References Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Mattox, Absalom Heiskell. "What did we fight for?" (Cincinnati, OH: R. Clarke & Co.), 1885. ["A response by A. H. Mattox, late first lieutenant, 17th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Battery of Light Artillery, at the second annual reunion of the battery, at Springfield, Ohio, August 5th, 1886."] Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865, Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission (Akron, OH: Werner Co.), 1886–1895. Reid, Whitelaw. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers (Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin), 1868. Attribution External links Ohio in the Civil War: 17th Ohio Battery by Larry Stevens 17th Ohio Battery monument at Vicksburg Military units and formations established in 1862 Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Units and formations of the Union Army from Ohio Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War 1862 establishments in Ohio