Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment

Last updated
Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
ActiveJanuary 1862 – June 14, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Artillery
Equipment4 x 20-pounder Parrott rifles (May 1864)
Engagements Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Corinth
Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
Battle of Champion Hill
Siege of Vicksburg (May 19 & 22 assaults)
Siege of Jackson
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Dallas
Battle of New Hope Church
Battle of Allatoona
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Atlanta
Siege of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesborough
Battle of Lovejoy's Station
Sherman's March to the Sea
Carolinas Campaign
Battle of Bentonville

Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents

Service

The battery was organized in Chicago, Illinois beginning in January 1862 and mustered in February 20, 1862 for a three-year enlistment under the command of Captain Axel Silversparre.

The battery first served unassigned with the Army of the Tennessee, April 1862. It was subsequently attached to Artillery, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July 1862. Artillery, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tennessee, to November 1862. Artillery, 5th Division, Right Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, November 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, District of Memphis, XIII Corps, to January 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to September 1864. Artillery Brigade, XV Corps, to June 1865.

Battery H mustered out of service June 14, 1865, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Detailed service

Moved to St. Louis, Missouri, then moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, April 1–4. Battle of Shiloh, April 6–7, 1862. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Mississippi, April 29 – May 30. Russell's House May 17. Occupation of Corinth May 30. March to Memphis June 3 to July 21, and duty there until November. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 1862 to January 1863. "Tallahatchie March" November 26 – December 13. Moved to Young's Point, Louisiana, January 1863 and duty there until March. Expedition to Rolling Fork, via Muddy, Steele's and Black Bayous, and Deer Creek, March 14–27. Demonstration on Haines' and Drumgould's Bluffs April 29 – May 2. Movement to join the army in the rear of Vicksburg, Mississippi, via Richmond and Grand Gulf, May 2–14. Battle of Champion Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg May 18 – July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Mississippi, July 4–10. Siege of Jackson July 10–17. At Big Black River until September 25. Moved to Memphis, Tennessee, then to Chattanooga, Tennessee, September 25 – November 21. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama, October 20–29. Bear Creek, Tuscumbia, October 27. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27. Tunnel Hill November 24–25. Missionary Ridge November 25. Pursuit November 26–27. March to relief of Knoxville, Tennessee, November 28 – December 13. March to Chattanooga December 13–17, then to Bridgeport, Alabama. Duty at Bridgeport, Bellefonte, and Larkinsville, Alabama, to May 1864. Atlanta Campaign May to September. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8–13. Battle of Resaca May 13–15. Advance on Dallas May 18–25. Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills May 25 – June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 – July 2. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2–5. Chattahoochie River July 6–17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22 – August 25. Ezra Chapel July 28. Flank movement on Jonesborough August 25–30. Battle of Jonesborough August 31 – September 1. Lovejoy's Station September 2–6. Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29 – November 3. March to the sea November 15 – December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10–21. Carolinas Campaign January to April 1865. Duck Branch, near Loper's Crossing, South Carolina, February 2. Salkehatchie Swamp February 3–6. Dillingham's Cross Roads, or Duck Branch, February 3. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12–13. Congaree Creek February 15. Columbia February 16–17. Wateree Creek February 22. Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, March 20–21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10–14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Marched to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29 – May 20. Grand Review of the Armies May 24. Moved to Louisville, Kentucky, June.

Armament

During the Battle of Atlanta on 22 July 1864, Battery H, 1st Illinois Artillery (DeGress's) was overrun by a Confederate attack which took its four 20-pounder Parrott rifles. However, a Union counterattack recaptured the guns. [1]

Casualties

The battery lost a total of 34 men during service; 1 officer and 6 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 27 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment</span> Military unit

Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery from the state of Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery was authorized in July 1861 at Cairo, Illinois. The unit fought at Fort Donelson and Shiloh in 1862, Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, and Vicksburg in 1863, and Meridian, Atlanta, and Nashville in 1864. The battery was mustered out of Federal service in July 1865.

The 12th Missouri Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was organized by Colonel Peter J. Osterhaus, a veteran of the respected 2nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry. The majority of the soldiers in the 12th were ethnic Germans. This intermixed German-American unit also had a large portion of its ranks filled by volunteers from Illinois.

Battery I, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Battery C, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery was also referred to as Channel's Battery, Ottawa Light Artillery, Prescott's Battery, and Houghtaling's Battery.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">3rd Ohio Independent Light Artillery Battery</span> Military unit

3rd Ohio Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

4th Ohio Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

15th Ohio Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battery D, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment</span> Military unit

Battery D, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Battery E, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 127th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Battery L, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also referred to as Bolton's Battery, Hulaniski's Battery, and Nichols' Battery. The battery fought at Shiloh, Corinth, Hatchie's Bridge, Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, Vicksburg, and Yazoo City. The unit mustered out in August 1865.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">6th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery</span> Military unit

6th Indiana Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

9th Indiana Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Battery F, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery was also known as Cheney's Battery and Burton's Battery.

Battery F, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was originally organized as Langraeber's Battery of Horse Artillery in St. Louis in the autumn of 1861. On September 30, "Langraeber's Battery" was assigned to the 2nd Missouri Light Artillery, as that regiment's Battery "F".

The 17th Missouri Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cogswell's Battery Illinois Light Artillery</span> American Civil War Union artilerty battery

Cogswell's Battery Illinois Light Artillery was an artillery battery from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Organized in November 1861 as Company A, 53rd Illinois Infantry Regiment, it was detached as an independent artillery battery in March 1862. The battery participated in the Siege of Corinth in May 1862. The unit remained near Memphis, Tennessee until June 1863 when it was ordered to reinforce the Siege of Vicksburg. Cogswell's Battery took part in the Jackson Expedition, the Missionary Ridge and in the Knoxville campaign in 1863. After performing garrison duty for most of 1864, the unit fought at Nashville in December. In spring 1865, the battery fought at Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley during operations against Mobile, Alabama. The battery was mustered out in August 1865.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battery I, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment</span> Military unit

Battery I, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery was organized in February 1862 at Chicago and within two months it fought at Shiloh. Later, the battery served at Corinth, Vicksburg, Jackson, Missionary Ridge, Knoxville, Franklin, and Nashville. The battery mustered out of Federal service in July 1865.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment</span> Military unit

Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery was organized in December 1861 at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The unit fought at Shiloh, First Corinth, and Second Corinth in 1862 and at Vicksburg and Jackson in 1863. The battery served in the Atlanta campaign and at Nashville in 1864. It was mustered out of federal service in July 1865. The battery's first commander was John Wesley Powell who later led an exploration of the Grand Canyon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battery G, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment</span> Military unit

Battery G, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery was organized at the end of December 1861. It fought at Vicksburg in 1863, Tupelo and Nashville in 1864, and Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely in 1865. The battery was mustered out in September 1865.

References

Attribution