Country United States Branch Artillery | Allegiance Union Equipment 6 James rifles | |
Active December 17, 1861 to November 21, 1864 Engagements Battle of Fort Donelson
Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Corinth
Meridian Campaign
Battle of Decatur | ||
Battery "D", 2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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Service
The battery was organized Cairo, Illinois on December 17, 1861 and mustered in for a three year enlistment.
The battery was attached to District of Cairo to February 1862. 1st Division, District of Cairo, February 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of West Tennessee, to April 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, District of Jackson, Tennessee, to November 1862. District of Jackson, Tennessee, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, XVI Corps, to May 1863. 2nd Brigade, District of Memphis, Tennessee, 5th Division, XVI Corps, to December 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, XVI Corps, to January 1864. District of Memphis, Tennessee, XVI Corps, January 1864. Artillery, 4th Division, XVI Corps, to March 1864. Decatur, Alabama, District of Northern Alabama, Department of the Cumberland, to November 1864.
Battery "D" mustered out of service in Louisville, Kentucky on November 21, 1864. Veterans and recruits were transferred to Battery "K", 2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery.
Detailed service
Duty at Cairo, Ill., until February 1862. Expedition from Cairo into Kentucky January 16-21, 1862. Operations against Fort Henry, Tenn., February 2-6. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 12-16. Moved to Savannah, then to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 5-25. Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Jackson, Tenn., June 5-8, and duty there until November. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November and December. Action at Davis Mills, Wolf River, Miss., December 21. Post duty at Grand Junction until January 1864. Expedition to Senatobia, Miss., May 21-26, 1863. Senatobia May 23. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., then to Vicksburg, Miss., January 1864. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Ordered to Decatur, Ala., March 1864, and duty there until November 1864. Action at Pond Springs, near Courtland, May 27, and at Decatur June 1. Siege of Decatur October 26-29. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., November 1.
Casualties
The battery lost a total of 19 enlisted men during service; 6 men killed or mortally wounded, 13 died of disease.