Chicago Board of Trade Independent Battery Light Artillery

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Chicago Board of Trade Battery
ActiveApril 21, 1861 June 18, 1864
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Artillery
Engagements Battle of Stones River
Battle of Chickamauga
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Nashville

The Chicago Board of Trade Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Roster of the Chicago Board of Trade Battery Association, April 27, 1886 Roster of the Chicago Board of Trade Battery Association, April 27, 1886.jpg
Roster of the Chicago Board of Trade Battery Association, April 27, 1886

Service

The Chicago Board of Trade Battery was mustered into service at Chicago, Illinois, on August 1, 1862. [1] It was sponsored by the Chicago Board of Trade, from which the battery took its name. [2]

In March 1863, the battery changed from mounted field artillery to "flying" horse artillery, the only battery of flying artillery in the Union Western armies. [1] The battery was mustered out on June 30, 1865, in Chicago. [1]

Total strength and casualties

During its term of service, the battery lost 10 enlisted men killed in action or died of their wounds and 9 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 19 fatalities. [3]

Commanders

Notable soldiers

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Union Regimental Histories: Illinois.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. "Spirited Meeting of the Board of Trade". Chicago Tribune . July 22, 1862. p. 4. Retrieved September 5, 2020 via newspapers.com.
  3. Dyer, 1959.
  4. "Roster of Chicago Board of Trade Independent Light Artillery". Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2007-04-20. Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
  5. "Phillip L. Auten Dies". Los Angeles Times . March 8, 1919. p. 5. Retrieved September 4, 2020 via newspapers.com.

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