Organized at Evansville, Ind., August 5, 1861. Mustered in
at Indianapolis, Ind., August 16, 1861. Moved to St. Louis, Mo. Attached to
Fremont's Army of the West and Dept. of Missouri to January, 1862. Artillery,
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to
May, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to July, 1862.
District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to October, 1862. Artillery,
1st Division, District of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to March,
1863. Artillery, 14th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to
July, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee,
to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to September, 1863. District of
Lafourche, Dept. of the Gulf, to February, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 13th
Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to March, 1864. Artillery, 4th Division, 13th
Army Corps. to July, 1864. Artillery, Reserve Dept. of the Gulf, to February,
1865. Artillery Brigade, 16th Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi,
to August, 1865.
SERVICE. — Fremont's Advance on Springfield, Mo., September
27-October 3, 1861. Camp at LaMine till January, 1862. Advance on Springfield,
Mo., in pursuit of Price January 25-February 14. Pursuit of Price into Arkansas
February 15-29. Battles of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 6-8. March to Sugar Creek
March 10, thence to Cross Timbers March 15. March to Batesville April 5-May 3.
March to Helena, Ark., May 25-July 14, and duty there till October. Moved to
Ironton, Pilot Knob, Mo., and operations in Southeast Missouri till March,
1863. Ordered to St. Genevieve, Mo., March 5; thence to Milliken's Bend, La.,
March 14-25, and duty there till April 25. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning
Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Thompson's Hill, Port Gibson, May 1. Battle
of Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss.,
May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss.,
May 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Duty at Vicksburg till August 20.
Ordered to New Orleans, La. Duty there and at Brashear City till October.
Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 30. Duty in the District of
LaFourche, La., till March, 1864. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Battle of
Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Cane River Crossing April 23. At Alexandria April
27-May 13. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Moved to New Orleans and duty there
till March, 1865. 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. Capture of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25,
and duty there till August. Mustered out August 22, 1865.
Battery lost during service 3 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 31 Enlisted men by disease. Total 35.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1111
