1^st Independent Battery Light Artillery, Indiana
1861      1862     1863      1864     1865       
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Organized at Evansville, IN August 5, 1861 and mustered in at Indianapolis, IN on August 16 and moved to St. Louis, MO. The Battery lost during service three Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and one Officer and 31 Enlisted men by disease for a total loss of 35 lives. Mustered out on August 22, 1865 at Montgomery, AL.  The chronology below shows their assignments, service, and engagements with the enemy:

      1861 – Assignments and Service   Top

• Fremont’s Advance on Springfield, MO September 27 to October 3

• Attached to Fremont’s Army of the West and Dept. of Missouri to January 1862

      1862 – Assignments and Service   Top

• Camp at LaMine till January

• Advance on Springfield, MO in pursuit of Price January 25 to February 14; pursuit of Price into Arkansas February

• Battles of Pea Ridge, AR March 6 – 8; march to Sugar Creek March 10, thence to Cross Timbers March 15

• March to Batesville April 5 to May 3

• Artillery, 1^st Brigade, 3^rd Division Army of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri to May

• March to Helena, AR May 25 – July 14 and duty there till October

• Artillery, 1^st Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to July

• District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri to October

      1863 – Assignments and Service   Top

• Artillery, 1^st Division, District of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri to March

• Moved to Ironton, Pilot Know, MO and operations in Southeast Missouri till March

• 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; Champion Hill, May 16, and Big Black River May 17

• Siege of Vicksburg, MS May 18 to July 4; assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22

• Advance on Jackson, MS May 4 – 10; siege of Jackson July 10 – 17

• Artillery, 14^th Division, 13^th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee to July

• Artillery, 1^st Division, 13^th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee to August and Dept. of the Gulf to September

• Duty at Vicksburg till August 20, ordered to New Orleans, LA, duty there and at Brashear City till October

• Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 to November 30

      1864 – Assignments and Service   Top

• District of Lafourche, Dept. of the Gulf to February and duty in the District of LaFourche, LA till March

• Artillery, 1^st Division, 13^th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf to March

• Red River Campaign March 10 to May 22

• Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8

• Cane River Crossing April 23; At Alexandria April 27 to May 13; retreat to Morganza May 13 - 20

• Artillery, 4^th Division, 13^th Army Corps to July

      1865 – Assignments and Service   Top

• Moved to New Orleans and duty there till March

• Artillery, Reserve Dept. of the Gulf to February

• Campaign against Mobile, AL and its defenses March 17 to April 12

• Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26 to April 8; Fort Blakely April 9

• Capture of Mobile April 12; march to Montgomery April 13 – 25 and duty there till August

• Artillery Brigade, 16^th Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi to August

Source: Regimental Histories, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion