Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in September
30, 1861. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., October 4. Duty at New Haven and
Munfordsville, Ky., till February, 1862. Served unattached, Army of the Ohio,
to June, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Ohio, to July, 1862. 7th Independent
Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1862. 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of
the Ohio, to September, 1862. 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army of
the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing 14th Army
Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 20th
Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division,
14th Army Corps, October, 1863. 2nd Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept. of the
Cumberland, to November, 1863. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of
the Cumberland, to October, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Nashville, Tenn., Dept.
of the Cumberland, to December, 1864, and at Murfreesboro, Tenn., till July,
1865.
SERVICE. — Advance on Nashville, Tenn., February 10-March 3,
1862. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 17-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. March to
Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg
into Kentucky October 1-15. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to
Nashville, Tenn., October 20-November 9, and duty there till December 26.
Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31,
1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Expedition toward
Columbia March 4-14. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7.
Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage
of Cumberland Mountains and the Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign
August 16-September 22. Davis Cross Rroads or Dug Gap September 21. Battle of
Chickamauga September 19-20. Rossville Gap September 21. Siege of Chattanooga,
Tenn., September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27.
Garrison duty at Chattanooga till September, 1864. Veterans and Recruits
transferred to 7th Indiana Battery September 21, 1864. Old members mustered out
October 6, 1864. Battery reorganized October 14, 1864. Moved to Nashville,
Tenn., October 28 and duty there till December. Battle of Nashville December
15-16. Moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., and garrison duty at Fortress Rosecrans
till July, 1865. Moved to Nashville, Tenn.; thence to Indianapolis, Ind., July
19. Mustered out August 1, 1865.
Battery lost during service 12 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 15 Enlisted men by disease. Total 28.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1112
