Battery "D", 1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery

Battery "D", 1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery
Illinois flag
Active	July 30, 1861 to July 28, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Artillery
Engagements	Fall of Fort Donelson Battle of Shiloh Battle of Port Gibson Battle of Raymond Battle of Jackson Battle of Champion Hill Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Atlanta Battle of Nashville

Battery "D", 1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

Battery "D" was mustered into service at Cairo, Illinois on July 30, 1861.

The battery was mustered out on July 28, 1865.^[1]

Total strength and casualties

The battery lost 1 officer and 7 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 28 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 36 fatalities.^[2]

Commanders

• Captain Edward McAllister - Resigned 1862.
• Captain Henry A. Rogers - KIA Vicksburg May 29, 1863
• Captain Edgar H. Cooper - promoted to major.^[3]
• Lieutenant James A. Borland
• Lieutenant Matthew W. Borland
• Lieutenant George J. Wood Mustered in September 28, 1962 by order of George William Hill. Mustered out by Special Order 269 June 18, 1863 [original letter on file at Illinois State Archives Springfield, Illinois in Adjutant General's Records Collection for 1st Illinois Light Artillery Col. D]
• Lieutenant Charles L. Pratt

See also

• List of Illinois Civil War Units
• Illinois in the American Civil War

Notes

1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilart1.htm#bate The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
2. Dyer, 1959.
3. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/acm/art-1d.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References

• The Civil War Archive