Henshaw's Independent Battery Light Artillery, Illinois
Dyer's Regimental History
 
Source - "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by 
Frederick H. Dyer
 
 
Henshaw's Independent Battery Light Artillery

Organized at Ottawa, Ill., and mustered in December 3, 1862. Ordered to 
Kentucky and attached to District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of the 
Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. 
Ohio, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to 
April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to October, 
1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd 
Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the 
Cumberland, to July, 1865. 

SERVICE - Duty at Louisville and other points in District of Western 
Kentucky until August, 1863. Operations against and pursuit of Morgan 
July 2-26. Action at Buffington Island, Ohio, July 19. Paris, Ky., July 
29 and August 1. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 
17. Duty at Loudon until November. Knoxville Campaign November 4-
December 23. Actions at Huff's Ferry November 14. Lenoir Station 
November 14-15. Loudon November 15. Campbell's Station November 17. 
Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Pursuit of Longstreet 
December 7-13. At Strawberry Plains until January, 1864, and at Mossy 
Creek until April. Garrison duty at Loudon, Tenn., and other points in 
District of East Tennessee until July, 1865. Mustered out July 18, 1865. 

Battery lost during service 4 Enlisted men killed and 15 Enlisted men by 
disease. Total 19.  

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