Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in December
13, 1861. Left State for Louisville, Ky., January 24, 1862. Attached to
Artillery, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to March, 1862. Artillery, 6th
Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 15th Brigade, 6th Division, 2nd
Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Left
Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 1st
Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Division, Artillery
Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1863. Garrison Artillery,
Chattanooga, Tenn., to January, 1865.
SERVICE. — Movement to Nashville, Tenn., February 10-25,
1862. Occupation of Nashville February 25 to March 17. March to Savannah,
Tenn., March 17-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 7 (Reserve). Advance on
and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June
12. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. Action
at Little Pond, near McMinnville, August 30. March to Louisville, Ky., in
pursuit of Bragg August 30-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky.,
October 1-22. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8 (Reserve). Nelson's Cross
Roads October 18. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7, and duty
there till December 26. Murfreesboro Pike November 9. Advance on Murfreesboro
December 26-30. Lavergne December 26-27. 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 23-July 7. Occupation of Middle
Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee
River and Chickamauga, (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Lee and Gordon's
Mills September 11-13 and September 17-18. Battle of Chickamauga September
19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23.
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Duty at Chattanooga till March,
1865. (A detachment at Resaca, Ga., till November, 1864, participating in the
repulse of Hood's attack on Resaca October 12. Rejoined Battery at Chattanooga
November, 1864.) Non-Veterans mustered out January 25, 1865. Veterans and
Recruits consolidated with 7th Indiana Battery March 13, 1865.
Battery lost during service 5 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 10 Enlisted men by disease. Total 15.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1113-4
