(I) 2nd Missouri Light Artillery

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at St. Louis, Mo., as 1st Regiment, Missouri Artillery, U.S. Reserve Corps, September 16 to November 6, 1861. Designation changed to 2nd Missouri Artillery November 20, 1861, and assigned to duty in forts about St. Louis until September, 1863.

• Consolidated to a Battalion of 5 Companies September 29, 1863.
  • Landgraeber's Horse Artillery Battery (U), assigned as Battery F, September 30, 1863.
  • Companies "C" and "D" form new Battery A
  • Battery B retained its organization.
  • Companies "I" and "H" form new Battery C
  • Companies "A," "F," "G" and "K" form new Battery D. Companies "E," "L" and "M" form new Battery E
• Six new Batteries organized as follows:
  • Battery G at St. Louis November 15, 1863
  • Battery H at Springfield, Mo., December 4, 1863
  • Battery I at Springfield, Mo., December 29, 1863
  • Battery K at Springfield, Mo., January 14, 1864
  • Battery L at Sedalia, Mo., January 20, 1864 (formerly 1st Missouri State Militia Battery - Light Artillery (U))
  • Battery M at St. Louis February 15, 1864.

(See the several Batteries for history.)

• September 26-November 20, 1863 - Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Chattanooga, Tennessee (Company F)

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 783, 1316-1317)