8th Indiana (Independent) Light Artillery Battery

Regimental History and Service Record

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.

October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky (In reserve)
October 10-22 - Pursuit from Perryville to London, Kentucky

Nelson's Cross Roads October 18. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7, and duty there until 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 until June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.

August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
September 9, 1863 - Occupation of Chattanooga, Tennessee^[1]
- Lee and Gordon's Mills September 11-13 and September 17-18.
- September 19-September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
September 24-October 27, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
- Duty at Chattanooga until March, 1865.
  - A detachment at Resaca, Ga., until 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.
March 13, 1865 - Veterans and Recruits consolidated with 8th Indiana (Independent) Light Artillery Battery