Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 24,
1862. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 11-21, 1862. Attached to 1st
Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division,
District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. Artillery, District of Jackson,
Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862.
Artillery, District of Jackson, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. Artillery, 3rd
Division. 16th Army Corps, to June, 1863. District of Corinth, Miss., 2nd
Division, 16th Army Corps, to November, 1863. Post of Corinth, 2nd Division,
16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to
June, 1864. Unattached Artillery, District of West Tennessee, to December,
1864. Artillery, 3rd Division Detachment, Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the
Cumberland, to February, 1865. Artillery, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps (New),
Military Division West Mississippi, to March, 1865. Artillery Brigade, 16th
Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE. — Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April
29-May 30, 1862. Moved to Jackson, Tenn., and duty there till June, 1863.
Action at Lexington, Tenn., December 18, 1862. (Detachment captured.) Parker's
Cross Roads, near Jackson, December 30. Red Mound (or Parker's) Cross Roads
December 31, 1862. Duty at LaGrange, Tenn., June to October, 1863. Moved to
Pocahontas October 11, and duty there till November 23. Moved to Corinth,
Miss., November 23, and duty there till January 25, 1864. Ordered to Memphis,
Tenn., thence to Vicksburg, Miss. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2, 1864.
Queen Hill February 4. Return to Memphis, Tenn., March, and duty there till
November 16. Veterans on furlough May and June. Sturgis' Expedition from
Memphis to Guntown, Miss., June 1-13 (Non-Veterans). Battle of Brice's Cross
Roads, near Guntown, June 10. (Guns captured.) Smith's Expedition to Tupelo,
Miss., July 5-21. Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15. Smith's Expedition to
Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Duty at Memphis, Tenn., till November 16. Moved to Nashville,
Tenn., November 16-December 1. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of
Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Eastport, Miss., till February
7, 1865. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 7-22. Campaign against Mobile,
Ala., and its Defences March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort
Blakely March 26-April 8. Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12.
March to Montgomery April 13-25. Duty there till August. Ordered to
Indianapolis, Ind., August 15, and mustered out September 1, 1865.
Battery lost during service 4 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 23 Enlisted men by disease. Total 28.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1115-6
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