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 Defences 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 till 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 till 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 till 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.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1115
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