Colvin's Battery Illinois Light Artillery

Colvin's Battery Illinois Light Artillery was an artillery battery from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery was organized in October 1863 and served in the Knoxville campaign. The battery campaigned in eastern Tennessee in January 1864 then garrisoned Knoxville for over a year. In March 1865, the unit was re-designed Battery "K", 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment.

Colvin's Battery Illinois Light Artillery
Colvin's Battery was engaged at Mossy Creek.
Active6 Oct. 1863 – 23 Mar. 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
 Illinois
BranchUnion Army
TypeField Artillery
SizeArtillery Battery
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders		John H. Colvin

History

Organization

Organized October 6, 1863, from men detached from 107th Illinois Infantry, 33rd Kentucky Infantry and 22nd Indiana Battery. Attached to 4th Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to November, 1863. 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865.

Service

Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23, 1863. Near Maynardsville December 1. Walker's Ford December 2. Mossy Creek, Talbot Station, December 29. Operations about Dandridge January 16-17, 1864. Kimbrough's Cross Roads January 16. Dandridge January 17. Operations about Dandridge January 26-28. Near Fair Garden January 27. Garrison duty at Knoxville, Tenn., until March, 1865. Operations against Wheeler's Raid in East Tennessee August 15-25, 1864. Strawberry Plains August 24. Battery transferred to 1st Illinois Light Artillery as Battery "K" March 23, 1865.

Battery lost during service 14 by disease.

See also

References
  • Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Colvin's Battery Illinois Light Artillery. Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Publishing Co. p. 1045. Retrieved September 26, 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army, Part VI". Washington, D.C.: Secretary of War. 1867. pp. 207–212. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  • Reece, J. N. (1901). "Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois: 1861–1866". Springfield, Ill.: Journal Company, Printers and Binders. p. 768. Retrieved September 26, 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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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