Organized at St.
Louis, Mo., October 8, 1861. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to January, 1862.
5th Brigade, Army of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to March, 1862.
Artillery 2nd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to July,
1862. District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 11th Division, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade,
4th Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition to January, 1863. Artillery 1st
Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to September, 1863.
SERVICE.—Duty in
Southwest Missouri till January, 1862. Curtis' advance on Springfield, Mo.,
January 23-February 12. Pursuit of Price to.Cassville, Ark., February 13-16.
Sugar Creek February 17. Battles of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 6-8. March to
Batesville April 5-May 3, thence to Helena, Ark., May 25-July 14. Duty at
Helena, Ark., till December. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 22, 1862, to
January 3, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28. Chickasaw Bluff December 29.
Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10, 1863. Assault and capture of
Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, La.,
January 17-23, and duty there till April. Expedition to Greenville, Black Bayou
and Deer Creek April 4-14. Demonstrations on Haines' and Snyder's Bluffs April
29-May 2. Moved to Join army in rear of Vicksburg, Miss., May 2-14. Jackson,
Miss., May 14. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19
and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17.
Bolton's Depot July 16. Briar Creek, near Canton, July 17. Canton July 18. At
Big Black till September 22. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., September 22. Assigned to
2nd Missouri Light Artillery as Battery "F," September 30, 1863, and
for further history see that Battery.
