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., till February, 1862. Duty
at Jefferson City, Mo., till 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 till
February, 1865. Expedition from Eastport to Iuka January 9, 1865. Moved to New
Orleans, La., February 7-22. Campaign against Mobile and its defences 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.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1112
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