Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment

Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
	John Wesley Powell commanded Battery F
Active	11 Dec. 1861 – 27 July 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union; Illinois
Branch	Union Army
Type	Field Artillery
Size	Artillery Battery
Equipment	6 x M1841 6-pounder field guns (Apr. 1862)
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Shiloh (1862); Siege of Corinth (1862); Second Battle of Corinth (1862); Siege of Vicksburg (1863); Jackson Expedition (1863); Atlanta campaign (1864); Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (1864); Battle of Atlanta (1864); Battle of Jonesborough (1864); Battle of Nashville (1864); ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	John Wesley Powell

Battery F, 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 December 1861 at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The unit fought at Shiloh, First Corinth, and Second Corinth in 1862 and at Vicksburg and Jackson in 1863. The battery served in the Atlanta campaign and at Nashville in 1864. It was mustered out of federal service in July 1865. The battery's first commander was John Wesley Powell who later led an exploration of the Grand Canyon.

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