Battery G, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment

Battery G, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
Battery G, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
	12-pounder Napoleon gun-howitzers near the Illinois memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park
Active	31 Dec. 1861 – 4 Sept. 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union; Illinois
Branch	Union Army
Type	Field Artillery
Size	Artillery Battery
Engagements	American Civil War Siege of Vicksburg (1863); Battle of Tupelo (1864); Battle of Nashville (1864); Battle of Spanish Fort (1865); Battle of Fort Blakeley (1865); ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Charles J. Strolbrand; Frederick Sparrestrom; John W. Lowell

Battery G, 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 at the end of December 1861. It fought at Vicksburg in 1863, Tupelo and Nashville in 1864, and Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely in 1865. The battery was mustered out in September 1865.

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