Organized at
Springfield, Ill., and mustered in August 21, 1862. Duty at Camp Butler, near
Springfield, till November 1, 1862. Moved to Bolivar, Tenn., November 1-8,
1862. Attached to District of Jackson, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of
the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Post of Bolivar, Tenn., District of Jackson,
16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to
May, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to August, 1863. True's
Brigade, Arkansas Expedition, to September, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, Army
of Arkansas, to January, 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept.
of Arkansas, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, to
April, 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, to May, 1864. Artillery,
1st Division, 7th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE. Garrison
duty at Bolivar, Tenn., till June 18, 1863. Guard Memphis & Charleston R.
R. 1 Section at Moscow, 1 Section at Colliersville and 1 Section at Germantown,
Tenn., till August 23. Moved to Helena, Ark., August 24-September 2. Steele's
Expedition to Little Rock September 2-10. Bayou Fourche and capture of Little
Rock September 10. Duty at Little Rock till March, 1864. (1 Section at
Lewisburg October 19, 1863, to March 15, 1864.) Steele's Camden Expedition
March 23-May 3. Okolona April 2-3. Prairie D'Ann April 9-12. Near Princeton
April 28. Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, April 30. Duty at Little Rock till
June, 1865, Ordered to Springfield, II1., June 25, and mustered out June 30,
1865.
Battery lost during
service 1 Enlisted man killed and 22 Enlisted men by disease. Total 23.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1046
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