Organized at St. Louis, Mo., and mustered in August 20, 1861. Duty in North Missouri (1st Section) September 6 to December 29, 1861. Battery ordered to Cairo, Ill., September 14, 1861. Duty at Cairo, Fort Holt, Ky., and Jefferson, Ky., till February, 1862. Assigned to 2nd Illinois Light Artillery as Battery "E" February 1, 1862, and for further history see that Battery.
SOURCE: Frederick H.
Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1319
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