Battery B, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment

Battery B, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
Battery B, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
	24-pounder siege cannons of Battery B, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery on the Shiloh battlefield
Active	20 June 1861 – 15 July 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union; Illinois
Branch	Union Army
Type	Field Artillery
Size	Artillery Battery
Equipment	4 x 24-pounder cannons and; 1 x 8-inch howitzer (Apr. 1862)
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Shiloh (1862); Siege of Corinth (1862); Second Battle of Corinth (1862); Battle of Brices Cross Roads (1864); ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Relly Madison; Fletcher H. Chapman

Battery B, 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 June 1861. It fought at Shiloh, First Corinth, and Second Corinth in 1862. Subsequently, the unit garrisoned Corinth, Mississippi until January 1864. It was stationed at Memphis, Tennessee until June 1864 when it fought at Brices Cross Roads. The battery garrisoned Memphis until it was mustered out in July 1865.

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