Organization: Organized by the conversion of the Humpheries Light Artillery, which had been paroled and exchanged after it's capture at Fort Donelson, on December 1, 1862. Increased to Battalion size with the addition of two companies and redesiganated the 24th Sharpshooter Battalion May 1, 1863.
First Commander: Captain Frank Maney
Assignment: Maney's Brigade Cheatham's Division 1st Corps Army of the Tennessee (December 1862 - May 1863)
Battles: Mufreesboro Dec. 31, 1862 - Jan. 3, 1863