McLain's (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Denver, Colorado Territory on December 15, 1862. Attached to District of Colorado to July, 1864. District of Upper Arkansas to December, 1864. District of South Kansas to April, 1865. District of North Kansas to August, 1865.
SERVICE
- Duty at Fort Lyon, Colo., operating against Indians, December, 1862, to July, 1863
- At Camp Weld until December, 1863
- Union Scout from Fort Garland, Colorado Territory October 12-16, 1863
- At Denver December, 1863, to June, 1864
- Union Expedition from Denver, Colorado Territory to Republican River, Kansas, April 8-23, 1864
- Action at Big Bushes, Smoky Hill, Kansas, April 16
- Union Expedition from Denver, Colorado Territory to Republican River, Kansas, April 8-23, 1864
- Ordered to District of Kansas June, 1864
- At Fort Larned, District of South Kansas, until August, 1864. (A Detachment at Lawrence, Kansas.)
- Ordered to Lawrence August 9, and duty in District of Upper Arkansas
- Stationed at Paola until October
- Operations against Price's Invasion October-November
- Action at Little Blue October 21
- Action at Big Blue October 22
- Action at Westport October 23
- Pursuit of Price October 24-December 2
- Mine Creek, Marias Des Cygnes, Charlot, October 25
- Newtonia October 28
- Cane Hill, November 6
- At Paola, Kansas, until May, 1865
- Ordered to Fort Scott and Fort Gibson, and duty in District of North Kansas until August
- Mustered out August 31, 1865
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Page 1005)