18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery

The 18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery, also known as Lilly's Hoosier Battery and Lilly's Battery, was a civil war regiment formed in Indiana during the American Civil War. The regiment was formed at the end of 1860 by 22-year-old Eli Lilly, an Indianapolis pharmacist. He had recruitment posters placed around the city and recruited primarily among his friends and classmates. The unit contained six ten-pound Parrott rifled guns, and was manned by 150 men. The unit mustered in Indianapolis where it was drilled during 1861. Lilly was elected captain of the unit in August 1862 when the unit was deployed to join the Lightning Brigade commanded by Col. John T. Wilder.[1]

18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery
Colonel Eli Lilly in 1885
ActiveAugust 14, 1862 – September 16, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchArtillery
EngagementsBattle of Hoover's Gap
Second Battle of Chattanooga
Davis's Cross Roads
Battle of Chickamauga
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Eli Lilly
A recruitment poster for the 18th Battery

The unit first saw action in the Battle of Hoover's Gap, and was later in the Second Battle of Chattanooga and the Battle of Chickamauga. The unit was enlisted for three years, and most members left the unit in the end of 1863. Several members, including Lilly reenlisted when their term expired, but were assigned to new units.[1]

Notes
  1. Madison, p. 2–4

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