Son of John H & Margaret Hill. Married Harriet Stewart April 15th 1852 in Champaign County, Ohio.

Served in the Civil War with the 13th & 7th Ohio Batteries Light Artillery. Fought at the Battle of Shiloh with the 13th Battery.

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UNION OHIO VOLUNTEERS

7th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery

Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and mustered in January 1, 1862. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., March 18; thence to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 6. Attached to 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to June, 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee and District of Memphis, Tenn., to September, 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, to August, 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to April, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1864. Artillery, Post of Vicksburg, Miss., District of Vicksburg, Miss., to November, 1864. Artillery Reserve, District of Vicksburg, Miss., to August, 1865.

SERVICE.-Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30, 1862. March to Memphis, Tenn., via Grand Junction, Lagrange and Holly Springs June 1-July 21. At Memphis till September 6. March to Bolivar, Tenn., September 6-16. Battle of Hatchie River, Metamora, October 5. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November-December. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., and duty there till May, 1863. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., May 13. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Assault on Jackson July 12. Ordered to Natchez, Miss., August 12, and duty there till November 11. Expedition to Harrisonburg, La., September 1-8. Moved to Vicksburg November 11 and camp at Big Black till February, 1864. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Champion's Hill February 4. Duty at Vicksburg till May. Expedition to Yazoo City May 4-22. Benton May 7 and 9. Duty at Vicksburg till January 3, 1865. At Jackson and Hazelhurst as Infantry till July. Mustered out August 11, 1865.

Battery lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 1 Officer and 31 Enlisted men by disease. Total 33.

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13th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery

Battery never fully organized. One Section mustered in February 15, 1862. Attached to 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee. At Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862. Lost guns and organization discontinued April 20, 1862, the men being transferred to 7th, 10th and 14th Ohio Batteries.

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Jeremiah Hill (First_Last)
Regiment Name 13 Indpt. Batt'y. Ohio Light Art'y.
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Family information:

CHILDREN:

Charles H. Hill
1851 –

John Henry Hill
1853 –

Amanda Hill
1855 –

Elizabeth Gertrude Hill **
1857 – 1947

Jesse Hill
1859 –

Mary Hill
1861 –

Evy C Hill
1863 –

Ona Hill
1865 – 1952

Emma Hill
1866 –

Sarah L. Hill
1868 –

Ella Hill
1870 –

Nettie Hill
1873 –