Organized at Lafayette, Ind., and mustered in at
Indianapolis, Ind., March 24, 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., June 1.
Duty at Capital Hill till June 26. Attached to Military District of Washington,
D. C., June, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September,
1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to
October, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Brigade, Defences North of the Potomac, Defences
of Washington, D.C., to February, 1863. Fort Washington, Defences of
Washington, North of the Potomac, 22nd Army Corps, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade,
DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, DeRussy's
Division, 22nd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, DeRussy's Division,
22nd Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE. — Ordered to join Banks in the Shenandoah Valley
June 26, 1862. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia July to September. Battle
of Cedar Mountain August 9. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Battles of
Groveton August 29 and Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22.
Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17 (Reserve). Ordered to Washington, D.C.,
and duty in the Defences of that city North and South of the Potomac till June,
1865. Repulse of Early's attack on Washington July 11-12, 1864. Ordered to
Indianapolis, Ind., June, 1865, and there mustered out July 5, 1865.
Battery lost during service 11 Enlisted men by disease.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1116
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