Organized at St. Louis, Mo., as Schwartz's Missouri Battery and mustered in August 20, 1861. Duty in North Missouri (1 Section) September 6 to December 29, 1861. Battery ordered to Cairo, Ill., September 14. Attached to District of Cairo and 1st Brigade, 1st Division, District of Cairo, to February, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of West Tennessee, to April, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 1st Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to November, 1863. Plaquemine, District of Baton Rouge, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864. Defences of New Orleans, La., to September, 1864.
SERVICE.--Duty at Cairo, Ill., Fort Holt and Jefferson, Ky., till February, 1862. Expedition to Bloomfield, Mo., November 1, 1861. Expedition into Kentucky January 10-21, 1862. Operations against Fort Henry, Tenn., February 2-6. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 12-16. Moved to Savannah, thence to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Purdy, Bethel and Jackson June 5-8. Duty at Jackson till November. Action at Britton's Lane September 1. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863. Reconnoissance from Lagrange November 8-9, 1862. March to Moscow, Tenn., December 24, 1862, to January 12, 1863, and duty there guarding Memphis & Charleston R. R. till March, 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., and duty there till May. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., May 12-22. Siege of Vicksburg May 22-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10, Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Assault on Jackson July 12. Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 13. Duty at Carrollton, Brashear and Berwick City till October. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 30. Duty at Plaquemine, La., District of Baton Rouge, La., till June, 1864, and at New Orleans, La., till September. Mustered out September 29, 1864, expiration of term.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 6 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 10 Enlisted men by disease. Total 17.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1040-1
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