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., till 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 till 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 till June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June
23-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till 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., till May, 1864.
Reconnoissance 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 till December.
Old members mustered out December 7, 1864. Veterans and Recruits on duty at
Chattanooga, Tenn., till 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.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1113
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