Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in November
22, 1861. Left state for Louisville, Ky., November 27. Attached to 3rd
Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st
Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Right
Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 2nd
Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Artillery,
1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to July, 1864. Artillery
Brigade, 4th Army Corps, to September, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga,
Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864.
SERVICE. — Duty at Camp Gilbert, Louisville, Ky., till
December 20, 1861, and at Bacon Creek, Ky., till February, 1862. Advance on
Bowling Green, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn., February 10-25. Occupation of Bowling
Green, Ky., February 15, and of Nashville February 25. Moved to Murfreesboro,
Tenn., March 18. Reconnoissance to Shelbyville, Tullahoma and McMinnville March
25-28. Advance on Fayetteville and Huntsville, Ala., April 7-11. Capture of
Huntsville April 11. Advance on and capture of Decatur April 11-14. Duty at
Bridgeport, Ala. (Detachment), and along Nashville & Chattanooga R. R. till
August. Moved to Stevenson, Ala., August 24. Moved to Nashville, Tenn.; thence
to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, August 31-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, Tenn., December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River
December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June.
Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 22-July 7. Liberty Gap June
22-24. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland
Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign. August
16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga,
Tenn., September 24-October 26. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
Outpost duty at Shellmound till February, 1864. Demonstrations on Dalton
February 22-27. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February
23-25. Stone Church, near Catoosa Platform, February 27. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign
May 1 to September 8. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge
and Dalton May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Near Dalton May 13. Battle of
Resaca May 14-15. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on
Dallas May 22-25, Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about
Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about
Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14.
Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4.
Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta
July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro
August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Ordered to Chattanooga,
Tenn., September 20. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 7th Indiana Battery.
Mustered out November 26, 1864.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 11 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 24 Enlisted men by disease. Total 36.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1112-3
