Union Regimental Histories
Indiana
1st Regiment Heavy Artillery "Jackass Regiment"
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., July 24, 1861, as 21st Indiana Infantry. Left State for Baltimore, Md., July 31, and duty in the Defenses of that city until February 19, 1862. Attached to Dix's Division, Baltimore, Md., to February, 1862. Butler's New Orleans Expedition to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1862. Independent Command, Dept. of the Gulf, to January, 1863. Unattached, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to February, 1863. Designation changed to 1st Heavy Artillery February, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, to August, 1863. District of Baton Rouge, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864. Unattached, 19th Army Corps, and Unattached, Dept. of the Gulf, to January, 1866.
SERVICE.--Expedition to Eastern Shore of Maryland November 14-22, 1861. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 19, 1862; thence sailed on Steamer "Constitution" for Ship Island, Miss., March 4-13. Duty at Ship Island until April 14. Operations against Forts St. Phillip and Jackson April 14-28. Occupation of New Orleans May 1 (first Regiment to land). Camp at Algiers until May 30. Expedition to New Orleans and Jackson R.. R. May 9-10. Moved to Baton Rouge May 30, and duty there until August 20. Battle of Baton Rouge, La., August 5. Evacuation of Baton Rouge August 20. Camp at Carrollton until October. Action at Bayou Des Allemands September 4-5. Expedition from Carrollton to St. Charles Court House September 7-8. Skirmish near St. Charles Court House September 8. Expedition from Carrollton to Donaldsonville and skirmish October 21-25. Duty at Berwick Bay until February, 1863. Bayou Teche November 3, 1862. Action with Steamer "Cotton" Bayou Teche January 14, 1863. Operations in Western Louisiana April 9-May 19. Teche Campaign April 11-20. Fort Bisland April 12-14. Advance on Port Hudson May 20-24. Siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 9. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14. Lafourche Crossing June 20-21 (Co. "F"). Brashear City June 23 (Co. "F"). Expedition to Sabine Pass, Texas, September 4-11 (Detachment). Garrison duty at New Orleans, Baton Rouge and at various points in the Dept. of the Gulf until February, 1865. Companies "L" and "M" organized August 12 to November 2, 1863. Red River Campaign March to May, 1864 (Cos. "G" and "II"). Blair's Landing April 12-13 (Detachment). Monett's Ferry, Cane River Crossing, April 23 (Detachment). Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Operations in Mobile Bay, Ala., against Forts Gaines and Morgan August 2-23 (Cos. "B," "F," "H" and "K"). Siege and capture of Fort Gaines August 3-8. Siege and capture of Fort Morgan August 8-23. At New Orleans, La., until March, 1865. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defenses March 17-April 12, 1865. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12, and duty there until June 24. Garrison duty until January, 1866. Companies "B" and "C" at Fort Morgan, "H" and "K" at Fort Gaines, "F" and "L" at Barrancas, Fla.; "I" and "M" at Fort Pickens, Fla.; "A," "E" and "G" at Baton Rouge, La., and "D" at Port Hudson, La. Mustered out at Baton Rouge, La., January 10, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 60 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 320 Enlisted men by disease. Total 390.
1st Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Evansville, Ind., August 5, 1861. Mustered in at Indianapolis, Ind., August 16, 1861. Moved to St. Louis, Mo. Attached to Fremont's Army of the West and Dept. of Missouri to January, 1862. Artillery, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to May, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to July, 1862. District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to October, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, District of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to March, 1863. Artillery, 14th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to September, 1863. District of Lafourche, Dept. of the Gulf, to February, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to March, 1864. Artillery, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps. to July, 1864. Artillery, Reserve Dept. of the Gulf, to February, 1865. Artillery Brigade, 16th Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Fremont's Advance on Springfield, Mo., September 27-October 3, 1861. Camp at LaMine until January, 1862. Advance on Springfield, Mo., in pursuit of Price January 25-February 14. Pursuit of Price into Arkansas February 15-29. Battles of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 6-8. March to Sugar Creek March 10, thence to Cross Timbers March 15. March to Batesville April 5-May 3. March to Helena, Ark., May 25-July 14, and duty there until October. Moved to Ironton, Pilot Knob, Mo., and operations in Southeast Missouri until March, 1863. Ordered to St. Genevieve, Mo., March 5; thence to Milliken's Bend, La., March 14-25, and duty there until April 25. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Thompson's Hill, Port Gibson, May 1. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., May 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Duty at Vicksburg until August 20. Ordered to New Orleans, La. Duty there and at Brashear City until October. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 30. Duty in the District of LaFourche, La., until March, 1864. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Cane River Crossing April 23. At Alexandria April 27-May 13. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Moved to New Orleans and duty there 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. Fort Blakely April 9. Capture of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25, and duty there until August. Mustered out August 22, 1865.
Battery lost during service 3 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 31 Enlisted men by disease. Total 35.
2nd Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in August 9, 1861. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., September 5, 1861. Attached to Fremont's Army of the West to November, 1861. District of Fort Scott, Kansas, Dept. of Kansas, to June, 1862. Solomon's 3rd Brigade, Dept. of Kansas, to October, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Frontier, to January, 1863. Springfield, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to July, 1863. District of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, District of the Frontier, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to September, 1864. Indianapolis, Ind., to October, 1864. Post and District of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. Garrison Artillery, Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Camp at St. Louis, Mo., September 6-25, 1861. Fremont's advance on Springfield, Mo., October 4-November 2. Moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; thence to Fort Scott, Kansas, and duty there until May, 1862. Moved to Iola, Kansas, May 23. Expedition into Indian Territory May 25-July 8. Action at Round Grove, I. T., June 5. Capture of Fort Gibson July 18. Blount's Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas September to December. Old Fort Wayne, or Beattie's Prairie, near Maysville, October 22. Between Fayetteville and Cane Hill November 9. Cane Hill, Boston Mountains, November 28. Capture of Fort Davis Dec. Battle of Prairie Grove December 7. Moved to Springfield, Mo., January, 1863, and duty there until June, 1863. Operations in Indian Territory and Arkansas July to September. Action at Perryville, C. N., August 26. Cotton Gap, Devil's Backbone, Fort Smith September 1. Dardanelle September 9. Creek Agency, I. T., October 15 and 25. Duty at Waldron and Fort Smith and operations in Western Arkansas until March, 1864. Scout from Waldron to Mt. Ida, Caddo Gap and Dallas December 2-7, 1863. Niobrara December 4, 1863. Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23-May 3, 1864. Prairie D'Ann April 9-12. Moscow April 13. Camden April 16-18. Poison Springs April 18. Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, April 30. Duty at Fort Smith until September. Mazzard's Prairie, near Fort Smith, July 27. Defense of Fort Smith July 29-31. Ordered to Indiana September, and Non-Veterans mustered out September 14, 1864. Battery reorganized at Indianapolis, Ind., October 14, 1864. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and assigned to duty there as Garrison Artillery November, 1864, to June, 1865. Battle of Nashville December 15-16, 1864. Ordered to Indiana June, 1865, and mustered out at Indianapolis, Ind., July 3, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 13 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 14 Enlisted men by disease. Total 28.
3rd Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Connersville, Ind., and mustered in at Indianapolis, Ind., August 24, 1861. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., September. Attached to Fremont's Army of the West and Dept. of the Missouri to February, 1862. Jefferson City, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to March, 1862. Central District of Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to February, 1863. District of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to June, 1863. District of Rolla, Mo.; Department of Missouri, to July, 1863. District of St. Louis, Mo., Department of Missouri, to January, 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Detachment Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. Artillery, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Fremont's advance on Springfield, Mo., September 23-November 2, 1861. Duty at Tipton and LaMine, Mo., until February, 1862. Duty at Jefferson City, Mo., until November, 1862. Expedition in Moniteau County and Skirmish March 25-28. Campaign against Porter's and Poindexter's guerrillas July 20-September 10. Actions at Moore's Mills July 28; Kirkesville August 6; near Stockton August 9; Lone Jack August 16. Duty at Springfield, Rolla and St. Louis, Mo., November, 1862, to. December, 1863. Reenlisted November 30, 1863. Moved to Columbus, Ky. Smith's Campaign in Western Tennessee against Forest December 20-26. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., January 23, 1864. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Fort DeRussy March 14. Occupation of Alexandria April 16. Battle of Pleasant Hill April 9. About Cloutiersville April 22-24. Cotile Landing April 25. Red River May 3-7. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Yellow Bayou May 18. Moved to Vicksburg May 19-24, thence to Memphis, Tenn., May 25-June 10. Old River Lake or Lake Chicot June 6. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15. Old Town (or Tishamingo Creek) July 15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Moved to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., September 8-19. Expedition to Do Soto September 20-October 1. March through Missouri in pursuit of Price October 2-November 19. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 25-December 1. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Eastport, Miss., and duty there until February, 1865. Expedition from Eastport to Iuka January 9, 1865. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 7-22. Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Fort Blakely April 9. Capture of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25. Duty at Montgomery and Selma till July 30. Ordered home July 30, and mustered out at Indianapolis, Ind., August 21, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 10 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 18 Enlisted men by disease. Total 29.
4th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in September 30, 1861. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., October 4. Duty at New Haven and Munfordsville, Ky., until February, 1862. Served unattached, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Ohio, to July, 1862. 7th Independent Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1862. 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, October, 1863. 2nd Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1863. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864, and at Murfreesboro, Tenn., until July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Advance on Nashville, Tenn., February 10-March 3, 1862. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 17-April 7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 20-November 9, and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Expedition toward Columbia March 4-14. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and the Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Davis Crossroads or Dug Gap September 21. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Rossville Gap September 21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Garrison duty at Chattanooga until September, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 7th Indiana Battery September 21, 1864. Old members mustered out October 6, 1864. Battery reorganized October 14, 1864. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., October 28 and duty there until December. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., and garrison duty at Fortress Rosecrans until July, 1865. Moved to Nashville, Tenn.; thence to Indianapolis, Ind., July 19. Mustered out August 1, 1865.
Battery lost during service 12 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 15 Enlisted men by disease. Total 28.
5th Independent Battery Light Artillery (Simonson's)
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in November 22, 1861. Left state for Louisville, Ky., November 27. Attached to 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to July, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 4th Army Corps, to September, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864.
SERVICE.--Duty at Camp Gilbert, Louisville, Ky., until December 20, 1861, and at Bacon Creek, Ky., until February, 1862. Advance on Bowling Green, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn., February 10-25. Occupation of Bowling Green, Ky., February 15, and of Nashville February 25. Moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 18. Reconnaissance to Shelbyville, Tullahoma and McMinnville March 25-28. Advance on Fayetteville and Huntsville, Ala., April 7-11. Capture of Huntsville April 11. Advance on and capture of Decatur April 11-14. Duty at Bridgeport, Ala. (Detachment), and along Nashville & Chattanooga R. R. until August. Moved to Stevenson, Ala., August 24. Moved to Nashville, Tenn.; thence to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, August 31-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 20-November 9, and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 22-July 7. Liberty Gap June 22-24. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-October 26. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Outpost duty at Shellmound until February, 1864. Demonstrations on Dalton February 22-27. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Stone Church, near Catoosa Platform, February 27. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Near Dalton May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25, Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 20. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 7th Indiana Battery. Mustered out November 26, 1864.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 11 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 24 Enlisted men by disease. Total 36.
6th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Evansville, Ind., and mustered in at Indianapolis, Ind., September 7, 1861. Left State for Henderson, Ky., October 2. Attached to District of Paducah, Ky., to March, 1862. Artillery, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. Artillery, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to November, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to December, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, Sturgis' Expedition, June, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, Post and Defenses of Memphis, Tenn., District of West Tennessee, to December, 1864. Artillery Reserve, District of West Tennessee, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Henderson, Calhoun, South Carrollton, Owensburg and Paducah, Ky.. until March, 1862. Moved from Paducah to Savannah, Tenn., March 6-10. Expedition to Yellow Creek, Miss., and occupation of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., Juno 1-July 21, via Lagrange, Grand Junction and Holly Springs. Action near Holly Springs July 1. Duty at Memphis, Tenn., until November 26. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 26, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Duty at Lagrange, Lafayette and Colliersville, Tenn., until June, 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., June 9; thence to Vicksburg, Miss. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss. Siege of Vicksburg June 12-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Oak Ridge and Bear Creek until October 14. Expedition to Canton October 14-20. Bogue Chitto Creek October 17. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., November; thence to Lagrange and Pocahontas, and duty there until January, 1864. Veteranize January 1, 1864. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., January 31-February 3. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Return to Memphis and duty there until June. Sturgis' Expedition to Guntown, Miss., June 1-13. Brice's (or Tishamingo) Creek, near Guntown, June 10. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Camargo's Cross Roads, near Harrisburg, July 13. Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Tallahatchie River August 7-9. Assigned to duty at Memphis, Tenn., as garrison September, 1864, to July, 1865. Mustered out July 22, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 1 Enlisted man killed and 15 Enlisted men by disease. Total 17.
7th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in December 2, 1861. Left State for Louisville, Ky., December 6. Attached to Artillery, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. Artillery, 5th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to July, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Camp Wickliffe, Ky., until February, 1862. Advance on Nashville, Tenn., February 14-25. Occupation of Nashville, February 25 to March 17. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 17-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Buell's Campaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-20. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. Reserve. Nelson's Cross Roads October 18. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 20-November 7 and duty there until December 26. Dobbin's Ferry, near Lavergne, December 9. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Lookout Mountain November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Duty at Chattanooga and Ringgold, Ga., until May, 1864. Reconnaissance from Ringgold toward Tunnel Hill April 29. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to September. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2, Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault in Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 20, and post duty there until December. Old members mustered out December 7, 1864. Veterans and Recruits on duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., until July, 1865. Mustered out July 20, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 6 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 22 Enlisted men by disease. Total 29.
8th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in December 13, 1861. Left State for Louisville, Ky., January 24, 1862. Attached to Artillery, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to March, 1862. Artillery, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 15th Brigade, 6th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Division', Artillery Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1863. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tenn., to January, 1865.
SERVICE.--Movement to Nashville, Tenn., February 10-25, 1862. Occupation of Nashville February 25 to March 17. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 17-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 7 (Reserve). Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. Action at Little Pond, near McMinnville, August 30. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 30-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8 (Reserve). Nelson's Cross Roads October 18. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Murfreesboro Pike November 9. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Lavergne December 26-27. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862. and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga, (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Lee and Gordon's Mills September 11-13 and September 17-18. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Duty at Chattanooga until March, 1865. (A detachment at Resaca, Ga., until November, 1864, participating in the repulse of Hood's attack on Resaca October 12. Rejoined Battery at Chattanooga November, 1864.) Non-Veterans mustered out January 25, 1865. Veterans and Recruits consolidated with 7th Indiana Battery March 13, 1865.
Battery lost during service 5 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 10 Enlisted men by disease. Total 15.
9th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in December 20, 1861. Duty at Indianapolis, Ind., until January 27, 1862. Moved to Cairo, Ill., January 27, and duty there until March 27. Remustered February 25, 1862. Attached to Military District of Cairo to April, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to September, 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, District of Jackson to November, 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, District of Jackson, 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 March, 1863. Artillery, District of Columbus, Ky., 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, District of Columbus, 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division (Detachment), Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1865. Indiana to March, 1865. Camp Butler, Ill., to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 27, 1862. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Moved to Bolivar, Tenn., and duty there until November, 1862. Action at Bolivar August 30. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863. Duty at Tallahatchie River December 24, 1862, to January 20, 1863. Moved to Colliersville, Tenn., thence to Memphis, Tenn., and to Columbus, Ky., March, 1863. Duty there until July 10. Expedition to Cape Girardeau April 29-May 4. Moved to Clinton, Ky., July 10. Campaign against Roddy's forces July 15-August 4. Duty at Union City, Tenn., August 4, 1863, to January 23, 1864. Pursuit of Forest December 20-26, 1863. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., January 23. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Fort DeRussy March 14. Occupation of Alexandria March 16. Henderson's Hill March 21. Battle of Pleasant Hill April 9. About Cloutiersville April 22-24. Alexandria April 30-May 13. Bayou LaMourie May 6-7. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Avoyelle's Prairie, Marksville, May 16. Yellow Bayou May 18. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., May 19-24; thence to Memphis, Tenn., May 25-June 10. Lake Chicot, Ark., June 6-7. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21 (Non-Veterans). Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15. Old Town (or Tishamingo Creek) July 15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., October 1-30. Moved to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., September 8-19. Expedition to DeSoto September 20-October 1. March through Missouri in pursuit of Price October 2-November 19. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 25-December 1. Battles of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Ordered to Indiana January 25, 1865; blown up on Steamer "Eclypse" at Johnsonville January 27, 1865, and out of 70 Officers and men but 10 escaped unhurt. Non-Veterans mustered out March 6, 1865. Veterans and Recruits on duty at Camp Butler, Springfield, Ill., until June. Mustered out June 25, 1865.
Battery loss during service 6 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 55 Enlisted men by disease. Total 61.
10th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., January 25, 1862, and ordered to Louisville, Ky. Attached to Artillery, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1862. Reserve Artillery Army of the Ohio to July 1862. Artillery, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 21st Brigade, 6th Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to March, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. Unattached Artillery, Dept. of the Cumberland, to August, 1864. District of North Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Advance on Nashville, Tenn., February 10-25, 1862. Occupation of Nashville February 25-March 17. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 17-April 6. Battle of Shiloh April 6-7 (Reserve). Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Occupation of Corinth May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8 (Reserve). March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Reconnaissance to Nolensville and Versailles January 13-15. Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Occupation of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 9. Assigned to duty as garrison. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 24. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Lookout Mountain November 24. Mission Ridge November 25. Garrison duty at Chattanooga until March, 1864. 88 men transferred to 5th and 18th Indiana Batteries March 1864. Balance assigned to duty on Gunboat "Stone River" and at Decatur, Ala., until June 19, 1865. Fletcher's Ferry May 18, 1864. Battery brought together June, 1865, and duty at Huntsville, Ala., until July 2. Moved to Indianapolis, Ind., July 2-6 and mustered out July 10, 1865.
Battery lost during service 5 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 22 Enlisted men by disease. Total 27.
11th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in December 17, 1861. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., December 20, 1861. Served unattached, Army of Ohio, to June, 1862. Reserve Artillery Army of the Ohio to September, 1862. Post and Defenses of Nashville, Tenn., Array of the Ohio, to November, 1862. Reserve Artillery (Center), 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Garrison Artillery, District of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1863. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland. Siege Artillery, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tenn., to November, 1864.
SERVICE.--BuelI's advance on Nashville, Tenn., February 10-25, 1862. March to Savannah, Tenn., to reinforce Army of the Tennessee March 16-April 7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. Assigned to Post and Garrison duty at Nashville, Tenn., September, 1862, to January, 1863. Siege of Nashville, Tenn., September 12-November 7, 1862. Ordered to Murfreesboro, Tenn., January, 1863, and duty there until June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of Tullahoma July 1. Guard Railroad from Dechard, Tenn., to Stevenson, Ala., July-August. Crossing Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-25. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Duty at Chattanooga until April, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to September. Operations about Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge May 5-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn., and garrison duty there until November. Battery Consolidated with 18th Indiana Battery November 21, 1864.
Battery lost during service 6 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 18 Enlisted men by disease. Total 25.
12th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Jeffersonville and Indianapolis and mustered in January 25, 1862. Left State for Louisville, Ky., January 25, 1862. Served unattached, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1862. Reserve Artillery, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. Post and Defenses of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Ohio, to November, 1862, and Dept. of the Cumberland to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Movement to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 6, 1862, thence march to Savannah, Tenn., March 20-April 7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. Assigned to duty as garrison at Fort Negley, Defenses of Nashville, Tenn., August 18, 1862, to July, 1865. Siege of Nashville, Tenn., September 12-November 6, 1862. Repulse of attack on Nashville by Breckenridge, Forest and Morgan November 5, 1862. One half of Battery ordered to Chattanooga November, 1863, and participated in the battles of Chattanooga November 23-25, 1863. Battle of Nashville December 15-16, 1864. Non-Veterans mustered out December 23, 1864. Battery mustered out July 7, 1865.
Battery lost during service 2 Officers and 22 Enlisted men by disease. Total 24.
13th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in February 22, 1862. Left State for Louisville, Ky., February 23. Served unassigned in Kentucky, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. Artillery, 12th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. Ward's Brigade, Post of Gallatin, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. Garrison Artillery, Gallatin, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1865. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Served as Cavalry in Kentucky from February, 1862, to January, 1863. Skirmish at Monterey, Owen County, Ky., June 11. Operations against Morgan July 4-28. Paris, Ky., July 19. Siege of Munfordsville September 14-17. Frankfort October 9. Hartsville, Tenn., December 7. Garrison Fort Thomas, Gallatin, Tenn., January, 1863, to January, 1865, and garrison duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., until July, 1865. Mustered out July 10 1865.
Battery lost during service 7 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 19 Enlisted men by disease. Total 26.
14th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 24, 1862. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 11-21, 1862. Attached to 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. Artillery, District of Jackson, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, District of Jackson, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division. 16th Army Corps, to June, 1863. District of Corinth, Miss., 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to November, 1863. Post of Corinth, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to June, 1864. Unattached Artillery, District of West Tennessee, to December, 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division Detachment, Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. Artillery, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to March, 1865. Artillery Brigade, 16th Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30, 1862. Moved to Jackson, Tenn., and duty there until June, 1863. Action at Lexington, Tenn., December 18, 1862. (Detachment captured.) Parker's Cross Roads, near Jackson, December 30. Red Mound (or Parker's) Cross Roads December 31, 1862. Duty at LaGrange, Tenn., June to October, 1863. Moved to Pocahontas October 11, and duty there until November 23. Moved to Corinth, Miss., November 23, and duty there until January 25, 1864. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., thence to Vicksburg, Miss. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2, 1864. Queen Hill February 4. Return to Memphis, Tenn., March, and duty there until November 16. Veterans on furlough May and June. Sturgis' Expedition from Memphis to Guntown, Miss., June 1-13 (Non-Veterans). Battle of Brice's Cross Roads, near Guntown, June 10. (Guns captured.) Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Duty at Memphis, Tenn., until November 16. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 16-December 1. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Eastport, Miss., until February 7, 1865. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 7-22. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its Defenses March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25. Duty there until August. Ordered to Indianapolis, Ind., August 15, and mustered out September 1, 1865.
Battery lost during service 4 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 23 Enlisted men by disease. Total 28.
15th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., March 11, 1862, and mustered in July 5, 1862. Left State for Harper's Ferry, W. Va., July 5. Attached to D'Utassy's Brigade, White's Division, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Miles' Command, Harper's Ferry, September, 1862. Camp Douglas, Ill., and Indianapolis, Ind., to April, 1863. District of Central Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Dept. of Ohio, to December, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to April 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry, W. Va., until September, 1862. Defense of Harper's Ferry September 13-15. Bolivar Heights September 14. Surrendered September 15. Paroled September 16 and sent to Annapolis, Md., thence to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill. Duty at Camp Douglas and Indianapolis, Ind., until March, 1863. Ordered to Louisville, Ky. Pursuit of Morgan in Kentucky April, 1863. Action at Paris, Ky., April 16. Pursuit of Morgan through Indiana and Ohio July 1-26. New Lisbon, Ohio, July 26. Paris, Ky., July 29. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. Winter's Gap August 31. Actions at Athens, Calhoun and Charleston September 25. Philadelphia September 27 and October 24. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Loudon November 14. Lenoir November 14-15. Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Kingston November 24. Bean's Station December 10. Blain's Cross Roads December 16-19. Duty at Knoxville until January 19, 1864. March to Red Clay, Ga. Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Cartersville May 20. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Cheyney's Farm June 22. Olley's Farm June 26-27. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Columbia Ford November 28-29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood, to the Tennessee River, December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., until January 16, 1865. Movement to Washington, D.C., thence to Fort Fisher, N. C., January 16-February 9. Operations against Hoke February 11-14. Fort Anderson February 18-19. Town Creek February 19-20. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Greensboro, N. C., till June. Ordered to Indianapolis, Ind., and there mustered out June 30, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 1 Officer and 12 Enlisted men by disease. Total 14.
16th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Lafayette, Ind., and mustered in at Indianapolis, Ind., March 24, 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., June 1. Duty at Capital Hill until June 26. Attached to Military District of Washington, D. C., June, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Brigade, Defenses North of the Potomac, Defenses of Washington, D.C., to February, 1863. Fort Washington, Defenses of Washington, North of the Potomac, 22nd Army Corps, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1865.E.--Ordered to join Banks in the Shenandoah Valley June 26, 1862. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia July to September. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Battles of Groveton August 29 and Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17 (Reserve). Ordered to Washington, D.C., and duty in the Defenses of that city North and South of the Potomac until June, 1865. Repulse of Early's attack on Washington July 11-12, 1864. Ordered to Indianapolis, Ind., June, 1865, and there mustered out July 5, 1865.
Battery lost during service 11 Enlisted men by disease.
17th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in May 20, 1862. Left State for Baltimore, Md., July 5, 1862. Attached to Defenses of Baltimore, Md., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to January, 1863. Defenses, Upper Potomac, 8th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps, to June, 1863. Maryland Brigade, French's Command, 8th Army Corps, to July. 2nd Brigade, Maryland Heights Division, Dept. of West Virginia, July, 1863. 1st Brigade, Maryland Heights Division, West Virginia, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia, to January, 1864. Wheaton's Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864. Reserve Division, Harper's Ferry, W. Va., to August, 1864. Reserve Artillery, 19th Army Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to October, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Frederick City, Md., and Winchester, Va., to December, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 19th Army Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, to March 1865. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Shenandoah, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Garrison duty at Baltimore, Md., July 7 to December 27, 1862. Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., December 27, and garrison duty there until July, 1863. Evacuation of Harper's Ferry July 1, 1863. Reoccupation of Harper's Ferry and Maryland Heights July 7, 1863, and garrison duty there until July, 1864. Action at Berryville, Va., October 18, 1863. Well's Demonstration from Harper's Ferry December 10-24, 1863. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28, 1864. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Strasburg September 21. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Garrison duty at Frederick City, Md., and at Winchester, Va., until June 19, 1865. Ordered to Indianapolis, Ind., June 19, and there mustered out July 8, 1865.
Battery lost during service 4 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 10 Enlisted men by disease. Total 16.
18th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in August 20, 1862. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., September. Attached to Artillery, 12th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. Artillery, 5th Division (Center), 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 5th Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, June, 1863. Artillery, Wilder's Mounted Brigade, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1864. Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division, Mississippi, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Campaign against Bragg in Kentucky October 3-26, 1862. March to Bowling Green, Ky., October 26-November 3, thence to Scottsboro, Ky., and Gallatin, Tenn., November 11-26. Pursuit of Morgan December 22, 1862-January 2, 1863. Moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., January 2-8, 1863, and duty there until June. Expedition to Auburn, Liberty and Alexandria February 3-5. Expedition to Woodbury March 3-8. Expedition to Lebanon, Carthage and Liberty April 1-8. Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Bombardment of Chattanooga August 21. Ringgold, Ga., September 11. Lee and Gordon's Mills September 11. Leet's Tan Yard or Rock Springs September 12-13. Alexander's and Reed's Bridges September 17. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-October 17. Hill's Gap, Thompson's Cove, near Beersheba, October 3. Murfreesboro Road October 4. McMinnville October 4-5. Farmington October 7. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there until November. Moved to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 8. Dandridge December 24. Operations about Dandridge and Mossy Creek December 24-28. Mossy Creek Station December 26. Talbot's Station December 28. Mossy Creek, Talbot's Station, December 29. Operations about Dandridge January 16-17, 1864. Bend of Chucky River, near Dandridge, January 16. Dandridge January 17. Operations about Dandridge January 26-28. Near Fair Garden January 27. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., May 9-13. Tilton May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Cassville May 19. Statesborough May 23. Burnt Hickory May 24. Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Ackworth June 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. McCook's Raid on Atlanta & West Point R. R. July 27-31. Lovejoy Station July 29. Newnan's July 30-31. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Pursuit of Wheeler September 24-October 18. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., and duty there refitting until December. Pursuit of Lyons from Paris, Ky., to Hopkinsville, Ky., December 8-January 15, 1865. Hopkinsville, Ky., December 16, 1864. Moved to Nashville, Tenn. Duty there until February 1865, and at Waterloo, Ala., until March. Wilson's Raid to Macon, Ga., March 22-April 24. Selma, Ala., April 2. Montgomery April 12. Fort Tyler, West Point, April 16. Capture of Macon April 20. Duty at Macon, Chattanooga and Nashville until June. Mustered out June 23, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 11 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 31 Enlisted men by disease. Total 43.
19th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in August 5, 1862. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., and attached to 34th Brigade, 10th Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 34th Brigade, 10th Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to November, 1862. Artillery, 5th Division (Center), 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 5th Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to July, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15, 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Lebanon and Woodsonville October 16-28, and duty there until December. Operations against Morgan, in Kentucky, December 22, 1862-January 2, 1863. March to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Murfreesboro, Tenn., January, 1863, and duty there until June. Expedition to Auburn, Liberty and Alexandria February 3-5. Expedition to Woodbury March 3-8. Action at Vaught's Hill, near Woodbury, March 20. Expedition to Lebanon, Carthage and Liberty April 1-8. Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Shellmound August 21. Narrows, near Shellmound, August 28. Reconnaissance toward Chattanooga August 30-31. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Battles of Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Ackworth June 2. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1885. Fayetteville, N. C., March 11. Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 10, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 10 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 21 Enlisted men by disease. Total 32.
20th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in September 19, 1862. Left State for Henderson, Ky., December 17, 1862. Attached to District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to May, 1863. Post and District of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. Unattached, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. Artillery, Provisional Division, District of the Etowah, Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1865. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Henderson Ky., and in the District of Western Kentucky until May, 1863. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., and duty there until October 5, 1863. Refitted and assigned to guard duty along Nashville & Chattanooga R. R. until March 5, 1864. Moved to Bridgeport, Ala., March 5, and garrison duty there until July. Ordered to the field and Joined 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, south of the Chattahoochie River, Georgia. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. Action near Atlanta October 30. Moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., November 5, thence to Nashville, Tenn. Battles of Nashville December 15-16. Duty at Courtland, Ala., and Chattanooga, Tenn., until June, 1865. Mustered out June 28, 1865.
Battery lost during service 7 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 24 Enlisted men by disease. Total 25.
21st Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in September 9, 1862. Left State for Covington, Ky., September 9. Attached to 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, October 1862. Unassigned, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to December, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to February, 1863. Crook's Brigade, Baird's Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Columbia, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. 2nd Sub-District, District of Middle Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Lexington, Richmond, Danville and Louisville, Ky., until February 2, 1863. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., February 2; thence moved to Cathage, Tenn., and duty there until June. Moved to Murfreesboro June 3. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Catlett's Gap, Pigeon Mountain, September 15-18. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-25. Duty at Chattanooga until March 26, 1864, and at Columbia, Tenn., until November 24. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 24. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Garrison duty at Nashville until June, 1865. Mustered out June 26, 1865.
Battery lost during service 4 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 24 Enlisted men by disease. Total 28.
22nd Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in December 15, 1862. Left State for Louisville, Ky., March, 1863. Served unassigned, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to August, 1863. Russellsville, Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1863. District of Southwest Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to April, 1864. Camp Burnside, Ky., District of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to April, 1865. Artillery, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Louisville, Bowling Green and Russellsville, Ky., until December, 1863. Pursuit of Morgan July 2-26, 1863. Moved to Point Burnside, Ky., December, 1863, and duty there until May, 1864. Ordered to Join Army of the Ohio in the field. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 29-September 8. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Decatur July 19. Howard House July 20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. Nashville Campaign November-December. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., until January 16, 1865. Movement to Washington, D.C., thence to Morehead City, N. C., January 16-February 20. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 6-21. Battle of Wise's Forks March 8-10. Occupation of Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty in North Carolina until June. Ordered to Indianapolis, Ind., and there mustered out July 7, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 1 Enlisted man killed and 11 Enlisted men by disease. Total 13.
23rd Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in November 8, 1862. On duty at Indianapolis, Ind., guarding Confederate prisoners until July, 1863. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., July 4. Attached to District of Louisville, Ky., Dept. of the Ohio, to September, 1863. Artillery, Wilcox's Left Wing forces, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to January, 1864. District of the Clinch, Dept. of the Ohio, to April, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to August, 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Operations against Morgan in Kentucky July, 1863. Duty at Indianapolis, Ind., until September. Left State for Camp Nelson, Ky., September 16. March to Cumberland Gap September 24-October 3, thence to Morristown October 6-8. March to Greenville and duty there until November 6. Moved to Bull's Gap and duty there until December. March across Clinch Mountain to Clinch River December. Duty in District of the Clinch until April, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Columbia Ford November 28-29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., until January 16, 1865. Movement to Washington, D.C., thence to Fort Fisher, N. C., January 16-February 9. Operations against Hoke February 11-14. Fort Anderson February 18-19. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Greensboro until June. Mustered out July 2, 1865.
Battery lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 17 Enlisted men by disease. Total 19.
24th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in November 29, 1862. Left State for Louisville, Ky., March 13, 1863. Attached to District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to October, 1863. Artillery Reserve, 23rd Army Corps, to April, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to July, 1864. Artillery, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to October, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1865. Garrison Artillery, Louisville, Ky., to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Expedition to Monticello and operations in Southeast Kentucky April 25-May 12, 1863. Horse Shoe Bend May 11. Duty at Columbia June 5-22, and at Glasgow until August. Pursuit of Morgan July 1-26. Marrow Bone, Burkesville, July 2. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. Philadelphia October 20. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Huff's Ferry November 14. Campbell's Station November 16, Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Duty at Knoxville until April, 1864. March to Charleston April 5-24. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8, 1864. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Transferred to Stoneman's Cavalry Division July 1. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Stoneman's Raid to Macon July 27-August 6. Clinton and Macon July 30. Hillsboro, Sunshine Church, July 30-31. Mostly captured. Siege of Atlanta August 6-25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. Garrison duty at Nashville, Tenn., until January, 1865. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., January 18, and Post duty there until July 28. Mustered out August 3, 1865.
Battery lost during service 31 Enlisted men by disease.
25th Independent Battery Light Artillery
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., September 4 to November 28, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., November 28. Attached to Artillery Brigade, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. Unattached Artillery, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. Garrison Artillery, Decatur, Ala., to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Battle of Nashville, Tenn., December 15-16, 1864. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Duty at Huntsville, Ala., January 4 to February 3, 1865. Moved to Decatur, Ala., February 3, and garrison duty there until July 11. Ordered to Indiana July 11. Mustered out at Indianapolis, Ind., July 20, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 6 Enlisted men by disease. Total 7.
Wilder's or Rigby's Independent Battery Light Artillery (26th Independent Battery)
Organized May, 1861, but not accepted. Mustered in as Company "A," 17th Indiana Infantry, June 12, 1861. Left State for Parkersburg, W. Va., July 2. Attached to Reynolds' Cheat Mountain District, West Virginia, to November, 1861. Milroy's Command, Cheat Mountain, W. Va., to March, 1862. Milroy's Cheat Mountain Brigade, Dept. of the Mountains, to June, 1862. Milroy's Independent Brigade, 1st Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to July, 1862. Piatt's Brigade, Winchester, Va., to August, 1862. Trimble's Brigade, White's Division, Winchester, Va., to September, 1862. Miles' Command, Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September, 1862. Camp Douglas, Ill., and Indianapolis, Ind., to March, 1863. Central District of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1863. Reserve Artillery, 23rd Army Corps, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Moved from Parkersburg, W. Va., to Oakland July 23, 1861; thence to Camp Pendleton and duty there until August 7. Moved to Cheat Mountain Pass and Elkwater August 7-13. Operations on Cheat Mountain September 11-17. Petersburg September 11-13. Cheat Mountain Pass September 12. Elkwater September 13. Greenbrier River October 3-4. Expedition to Camp Baldwin December 11-14. Allegheny Mountain December 13. Duty at Beverly until April, 1862. Expedition on the Seneca April 1-12. Monterey April 12. Battle of McDowell May 8. Franklin May 10-12. Strasburg and Staunton Road June 1-2. Battle of Cross Keys June 8. Duty at Winchester until September 1. Defense of Harper's Ferry September 12-15. Bolivar Heights September 14. Surrendered September 15. Paroled and sent to Annapolis, Md., thence to Camp Douglas, Ill.; duty there. At Camp Butler, Springfield, Ill., and at Indianapolis, Ind., until March, 1863. Left State for Lexington, Ky., March 18. Duty in Central District of Kentucky until August. Operations against Pegram March 22-April 1. Action at Danville, Ky., March 24. Hickman's Heights March 28. Dutton's Hill, Monticello, May 1. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-September 17. Carter's Depot September 20-21. Jonesboro September 21. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Garrison duty at Knoxville until March, 1865. Stoneman's Raid through East Tennessee into North Carolina March and April, 1865. Duty at Greenville, East Tennessee, until July. Mustered out July 19, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 12 Enlisted men by disease. Total 13.
Source - "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3)
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