Memorandum of Col. Henry B. Carrington (U. S. A., retired),
late colonel Eighteenth United States Infantry.
Brigadier-general United States Volunteers, adjutant-general
of Ohio before and at commencement of the
war of 1861-1865.
In re House bill No. 2400, Fifty-fifth Congress, first session,
“The muster of the First Ohio Light Artillery.”
The peculiar conditions of the Ohio militia organization at the outbreak of hostilities in 1861 explain the delay in properly adjusting the record of this pioneer artillery corps of the United States volunteer service.
Unlike any other State west of Pennsylvania, Ohio had been for several years engaged in perfecting a militia system by regiments, brigades, and divisions. State encampments had been held, and several of its general and field officers made immediate records after war began. A single company furnished Major-Generals Walcutt and Jones to the service.