HISTORICAL NOTES:
The Illinois 2nd Light Artillery Regiment Battery F was organized in December 1861 at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The unit fought at Shiloh, First Corinth, and Second Corinth in 1862 and at Vicksburg and Jackson in 1863. The battery served in the Atlanta campaign and at Nashville in 1864. It was mustered out of federal service in July 1865. The battery's first commander was John Wesley Powell who later led an exploration of the Grand Canyon.
The Battery lost during service 5 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 24 Enlisted men by disease. Total 29.
OFFICERS:
The original officers were Captain John Wesley Powell of Hennepin, Illinois, First Lieutenants Michael Dittlenger of Cape Girardeau and Christian D. Bless of Lewistown, Illinois, and Second Lieutenants Gustavus A. Tirmenstein of Cape Girardeau and Joseph W. Mitchell of Bloomfield, Missouri.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Attached to District of Cairo, Ill., Dept. of Missouri, to April, 1862. Unattached, Army Tennessee, April, 1862. Artillery, 6th Division, Army Tennessee, to July, 1862. Artillery, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to November, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Right Wing 13 Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. Artillery, 6th Division, 17th Army Corps, to August, 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to November, 1864. Artillery Reserve, Nashville, Tenn., to March, 1865. 5th Sub-District, District of Middle Tennessee, to July, 1865.
SERVICE:
Battle of Shiloh (1862)
Siege of Corinth (1862)
Second Battle of Corinth (1862)
Siege of Vicksburg (1863)
Jackson Expedition (1863)
Atlanta campaign (1864)
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (1864)
Battle of Atlanta (1864)
Battle of Jonesborough (1864)
Battle of Nashville (1864)
ROSTERS:
The roster of this battery contains the names of 324 men.
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