Battery C, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment

Battery C, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery was organized in August 1861 at Cairo, Illinois and remained there until March 1862. The battery spent the rest of the war on guard duty at Fort Donelson and Clarksville, Tennessee and engaged in some skirmishes. The soldiers were mustered out in August 1865.

Battery C, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
M1841 6-pounder field gun is located at Fort Donelson National Battlefield. Battery C spent most of the war in garrison at or near Fort Donelson.
Active	5 Aug. 1861 – 3 Aug. 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union Illinois
Branch	Union Army
Type	Field Artillery
Size	Artillery Battery
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Riggins Hill (1862)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Caleb Hopkins James P. Flood

History

Organization

Organized at Cairo, Ill., August 5, 1861. Attached to District of Cairo, Ill., to March, 1862. District of Columbus, Ky., to November, 1862. District of Columbus, Ky., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. District of Columbus, Ky., 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to June, 1863. 3rd Division, Reserve Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. District of Clarksville and Fort Donelson, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. 5th Sub-District, District of Middle Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to August, 1865.

Service

Duty in District of Cairo until March, 1862. Ordered to Fort Donelson, Tenn., and garrison duty there and at Clarksville, Tenn., until August, 1865. Also engaged in mounted scout duty between the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. Expedition from Fort Donelson to Clarksville September 5-10, 1862. Action at New Providence September 6. Rickett's Hill, Clarksville, September 7. Near Waverly and Richland Creek October 23. Cumberland Iron Works, Fort Donelson, February 3, 1863. Mustered out August 3, 1865.

Battery C lost during service 1 Officer and 3 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 18 Enlisted men by disease. Total 22.

See also

• List of Illinois Civil War units

References

• Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battery C, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery. Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Publishing Co. p. 1040. Retrieved September 23, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• "Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army, Part VI". Washington, D.C.: Secretary of War. 1867. pp. 213–214. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
• Reece, J. N. (1901). "Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois: 1861–1866". Springfield, Ill.: Journal Company, Printers and Binders. pp. 677–682. Retrieved September 23, 2020.