1st Illinois Light Artillery / Battery F

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Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in February 25, 1862. Ordered to Benton Barracks, Mo., March 15, thence moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 1-9. Attached to 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. Artillery, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to November, 1862. Artillery, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to November, 1864. Artillery Reserve, District of Nashville, Tenn., to February, 1865.

SERVICE.--Advance on and Siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30, 1862. March to Memphis, Tenn., Juno 1-17, and duty there until November. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863. Duty at Memphis and along Memphis and Charleston R. R. until June, 1863. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., June 9. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 16-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Big Black until September 26. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 28-November 21. Operations on Memphis & Charleston R. R. in Alabama October 20-29. Skirmish at Trenton, Ga., November 18.

  • November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
    • Tunnel Hill November 23-24.
    • Mission Ridge November 25.
  • March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 17
  • At Scottsboro, Ala., until May, 1864.
  • May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood, September 29-November 3.
    • Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., and garrison duty there until February, 1865.
  • Battery discontinued February 22, 1865, and men transferred to other Batteries.

Regimental Roster

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Regiment Statistical Information

  • Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 7 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 24 Enlisted men by disease. Total 32.

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