Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment

Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
	Battery D in action at the Battle of Fort Donelson
Active	30 July 1861 – 28 July 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union; Illinois
Branch	Union Army
Type	Field Artillery
Size	Artillery Battery
Equipment	M1841 24-pounder howitzer (Apr 1862)
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Fort Donelson (1862); Battle of Shiloh (1862); Battle of Port Gibson (1863); Battle of Raymond (1863); Battle of Jackson (1863); Battle of Champion Hill (1863); Siege of Vicksburg (1863); Meridian campaign (1864); Atlanta campaign (1864); Battle of Atlanta (1864); Battle of Nashville (1864); ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Edward McAllister

Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery from the state of Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery was authorized in July 1861 at Cairo, Illinois. The unit fought at Fort Donelson and Shiloh in 1862, Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, and Vicksburg in 1863, and Meridian, Atlanta, and Nashville in 1864. The battery was mustered out of Federal service in July 1865.

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