23rd Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery

23rd Indiana Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

23rd Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery
ActiveNovember 8, 1862 July 2, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchArtillery
EngagementsAtlanta Campaign
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Dallas
Battle of New Hope Church
Battle of Allatoona
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Siege of Atlanta
Franklin-Nashville Campaign
Battle of Franklin
Battle of Nashville
Carolinas Campaign

Service

The battery was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana and mustered in November 8, 1862, for a three-year enlistment.

The battery was attached to District of Louisville, Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to September 1863. Artillery, Wilcox's Left Wing forces, XXIII Corps, Department of the Ohio, to January 1864. District of the Clinch, Department of the Ohio, to April 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, Department of the Ohio, to August 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February 1865, and Department of North Carolina to June 1865.

The 23rd Indiana Battery Light Artillery mustered out of service on July 2, 1865, at Indianapolis, Indiana.

Detailed service timeline

Casualties

The battery lost a total of 19 men during service; 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 17 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

  • Lieutenant Aaron A. Wilber - commanded at the battle of Nashville

See also

References

  • Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
Attribution
  • This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.
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